Duplicity

Installation

See DuplicityBackupHowto.

sudo apt-get install duplicity
sudo apt-get install ncftp            # to use duplicity ftp backup

Basic usage

Basic backup

export PASSPHRASE=SomeLongGeneratedHardToCrackKey
export FTP_PASSWORD=WhateverPasswordYouSetUp
duplicity /etc ftp://FtpUserID@ftp.domain.com/etc
unset PASSPHRASE
unset FTP_PASSWORD

(or change ftp URL: to file:///my/filesystem/path).

Basic verify (compare)

export PASSPHRASE=SomeLongGeneratedHardToCrackKey
export FTP_PASSWORD=WhateverPasswordYouSetUp
duplicity verify ftp://FtpUserID@ftp.domain.com/etc /etc
unset PASSPHRASE
unset FTP_PASSWORD

Basic file listing

# ...
duplicity list-current-files ftp://FtpUserID@ftp.domain.com/etcunset PASSPHRASE
# ...

Basic restore

# ...
duplicity --file-to-restore apt/sources.list ftp://FtpUserID@ftp.domain.com/etc /home/user/sources.list
# ...

Cron script

export PASSPHRASE=(insert your value here)
export FTP_PASSWORD=(insert your value here)

# doing a monthly full backup (1M)
duplicity --full-if-older-than 1M /etc ftp://(insert your FTP server here)/etc
# exclude /var/tmp from the backup
duplicity --full-if-older-than 1M --exclude /var/tmp /var ftp://(insert your FTP server here)/var
duplicity --full-if-older-than 1M /root ftp://(insert your FTP server here)/root

# cleaning the remote backup space (deleting backups older than 6 months (6M, alternatives would 1Y fo 1 year etc.)
duplicity remove-older-than 6M --force ftp://(insert your FTP server here)/etc
duplicity remove-older-than 6M --force ftp://(insert your FTP server here)/var
duplicity remove-older-than 6M --force ftp://(insert your FTP server here)/root

unset PASSPHRASE
unset FTP_PASSWORD

Install in crontab (crontab -e) by adding line:

0 0 * * * /root/scripts/etc/backup.sh >>/var/log/duplicity/etc.log