[rancid] Using of Rancid to backup Linux' files

[Wagner Pereira]

Hi, everybody.

Was Rancid made to backup Linux' files? Are there some script to do that?

Att,

[Wagner Pereira]

Hey, Adam.

I intend to backup some specific files, such as some .conf files
(Request Tracker, Cacti, Nagios, FreeRADIUS, the Rancid thenselves) etc

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Wagner Pereira

PoP-SP/RNP - Ponto de Presença da RNP em São Paulo
CCE/USP - Centro de Computação Eletrônica da Universidade de São Paulo
http://www.pop-sp.rnp.br
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Post by Wagner Pereira
Hi, everybody.
Was Rancid made to backup Linux' files? Are there some script to do that?

Were you interested in revisions/diffs of any particular subset of
specific files, or are you talking about general backup of a Linux
host?
--Adam

[Adam Korab]

Post by Wagner Pereira
Hey, Adam.
I intend to backup some specific files, such as some .conf files (Request
Tracker, Cacti, Nagios, FreeRADIUS, the Rancid thenselves) etc

Do you mean to just back them up periodically, or do you actually want
hourly diffs like rancid does for devices?

If the former, I suggest rsync from cron.

If the latter, it's entirely possible to modify one of the clogin
variants for a Linux host and then ssh to the host and scrape out the
desired file, shove it into cvs/svn, diff it, mail the diffs, etc. I
have no idea if anybody has done so yet, though.

--Adam

[Ryan West]

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-ryan

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Subject: Re: [rancid] Using of Rancid to backup Linux' files

Post by Wagner Pereira
Hey, Adam.
I intend to backup some specific files, such as some .conf files
(Request Tracker, Cacti, Nagios, FreeRADIUS, the Rancid thenselves) etc

Do you mean to just back them up periodically, or do you actually want hourly diffs like rancid does for devices?

If the former, I suggest rsync from cron.

If the latter, it's entirely possible to modify one of the clogin variants for a Linux host and then ssh to the host and scrape out the desired file, shove it into cvs/svn, diff it, mail the diffs, etc. I have no idea if anybody has done so yet, though.

--Adam

[Wagner Pereira]

Adam,

I meant the former. So I am gonna follow your suggestion and test rsync
from cron.

Att,
--
Wagner Pereira

PoP-SP/RNP - Ponto de Presença da RNP em São Paulo
CCE/USP - Centro de Computação Eletrônica da Universidade de São Paulo
http://www.pop-sp.rnp.br
Tel. [phone]

Post by Adam Korab

Post by Wagner Pereira
Hey, Adam.
I intend to backup some specific files, such as some .conf files (Request
Tracker, Cacti, Nagios, FreeRADIUS, the Rancid thenselves) etc

Do you mean to just back them up periodically, or do you actually want
hourly diffs like rancid does for devices?
If the former, I suggest rsync from cron.
If the latter, it's entirely possible to modify one of the clogin
variants for a Linux host and then ssh to the host and scrape out the
desired file, shove it into cvs/svn, diff it, mail the diffs, etc. I
have no idea if anybody has done so yet, though.
--Adam

[Adam Korab]

Post by Wagner Pereira
Hi, everybody.
Was Rancid made to backup Linux' files? Are there some script to do that?

Were you interested in revisions/diffs of any particular subset of
specific files, or are you talking about general backup of a Linux
host?

--Adam