## ## This is an example rdiff-backup configuration file. ## ## Here you can find all the possible rdiff-backup options, details of ## what the options provide and possible settings. The defaults are set ## as the commented out option, uncomment and change when ## necessary. Options which are uncommented in this example do not have ## defaults, and the settings provided are recommended. ## ## The defaults are useful in most cases, just make sure to configure the ## destination host and user. ## ## passed directly to rdiff-backup ## an example setting would be: ## options = --force ## ## Default: # options = ## default is 0, but set to 19 if you want to lower the priority. ## an example setting would be: ## nicelevel = 19 ## ## Default # nicelevel = 0 ## default is yes. set to no to skip the test if the remote host is alive ## ## Default: # testconnect = no ## default is not to limit bandwidth. ## set to a number in bytes/second to limit bandwidth usage. Use a negative ## number to set a limit that will never be exceeded, or a positive number ## to set a target average bandwidth use. cstream is required. See cstream's ## -t option for more information. 62500 bytes = 500 Kb (.5 Mb) ## an example setting would be: ## bwlimit = 62500 ## ## Default: # bwlimit = 0 ## should backupninja ignore the version differences between source and remote ## rdiff-backup? (default: no) ## This could be useful if the version differences between rdiff-backup instances ## on remote and local side are different, and you are certain there are no ## problems in using mis-matched versions and want to get beyond this check. ## An example usage could be the remote side has its authorized_keys configured ## with command="rdiff-backup --server" to allow for restricted yet automated ## password-less backups ## ## Default: # ignore_version = no ###################################################### ## source section ## (where the files to be backed up are coming from) [source] ## an optional subdirectory below 'directory' (see [dest]) label = thishostname ## type can be "local" or "remote" type = local ## only use if '[source] type = remote' # host = srchost # user = srcuser ## how many days of data to keep ## (you can also use the time format of rdiff-backup, e.g. 6D5h) ## (to keep everything, set this to yes) ## an example setting would be: ##keep = yes ## ## Default: # keep = 60 ## A few notes about includes and excludes: ## 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*' ## 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path ## contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the ## symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to ## dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead. ## Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following ## line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor ## /home/user/Mail will be backed-up : ## include = /home/user/Mail ## A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to ## write : ## include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail ## 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise ## taken into account. ## files to include in the backup include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs include = /var/backups include = /etc include = /root include = /home include = /usr/local/bin include = /usr/local/sbin include = /var/lib/dpkg/status include = /var/lib/dpkg/status-old ## If vservers = yes in /etc/backupninja.conf then the following variables can ## be used: ## vsnames = all | <vserver1> <vserver2> ... (default = all) ## vsinclude = <path> ## vsinclude = <path> ## ... ## Any path specified in vsinclude is added to the include list for each vserver ## listed in vsnames (or all if vsnames = all, which is the default). ## ## For example, vsinclude = /home will backup the /home directory in every ## vserver listed in vsnames. If you have 'vsnames = foo bar baz', this ## vsinclude will add to the include list /vservers/foo/home, /vservers/bar/home ## and /vservers/baz/home. ## Vservers paths are derived from $VROOTDIR. ## files to exclude from the backup exclude = /home/*/.gnupg ###################################################### ## destination section ## (where the files are copied to) [dest] ## type can be "local" or "remote", this must be set! ## an example configuration would be: ## type = remote ## ## Default: # type = ## put the backups under this directory, this must be set! ## an example setting would be: ## directory = /backups ## ## Default: # directory = ## the machine which will receive the backups. ## only use if "[dest] type = remote" ## an example setting would be: ## host = backuphost ## ## Default # host = ## make the files owned by this user. you must be able to ## `su -c "ssh backupuser@backhost"` without specifying a password. ## only use if "[dest] type = remote" ## an example setting would be: ## user = backupuser ## ## Default: # user =