This role installs and configures a Backuppc server. It works on Debian Jessie. It can work on Ubuntu or other Debian-based systems. But no direct support will be added (PR accepted).
This role installs and configures a Backuppc server, including the ssh key of the backuppc user and the passwords of web backuppc users.
For the clients, there is also a BackupPC client role that works with this one to configure the the client itself as well as its account in the server configured here.
None.
At this time, this role only manage backup via rsync (+ ssh) method.
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backuppc_server_name: fqdn of the backup server -
backuppc_ssh_key_bits: set length of ssh key pair (optional, default 2048 by Ansible) -
backuppc_fetch_ssh_key: copy backkupc ssh key from server (boolean) -
backuppc_server_home: local home dir of backuppc user (should be/var/lib/backuppc) -
backuppc_home_link: if defined thenbackuppc_server_homeis a symbolic link to this folder -
backuppc_language: web interface language -
backuppc_Date_Format: date format of the web interface
Each client configuration overrides global configuration.
See README of backuppc-client role for detailed client variables.
users_backuppc: Users with access to the backuppc web interfacestate: (O) 8924 absent or present (default)include_files:: (O) default files (directories) list to backup.exclude_files:: (O) default files (directories) list to exclude in backupxfermethod: (O) transfer method (rsync as default)more: (O) hash with specific key/value (usefull for custom directives)
(O): Optional
You should RTFM for these variables:
backuppc_ServerPortbackuppc_ServerMesgSecretbackuppc_MaxBackupsbackuppc_MaxUserBackupsbackuppc_MaxBackupPCNightlyJobsbackuppc_BackupPCNightlyPeriodbackuppc_MaxOldLogFilesbackuppc_FullPeriodbackuppc_IncrPeriodbackuppc_PingMaxMsecbackuppc_RsyncClientCmdbackuppc_RsyncClientRestoreCmdbackuppc_BackupFilesOnlybackuppc_BackupFilesExcludebackuppc_XferLogLevelbackuppc_language
Other global configuration can be managed (you can create issues or PR).
This role does now a basic installation of Apache, with htpasswd authentication.
This role generates a backuppc SSH public key. The backuppc_client role deploys it on each client.
None.
You should look at defaults/main.yml.
The management of the users is done by the role and the users have their assigned passwords which can be changed with:
htpasswd /etc/backuppc/htpasswd user
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Original role Emilien M enhanced by Víctor Torterola and Daniel Viñar