ansible-base/roles/backup_client

Ansible Role: backup_client

This role set up a GNU/Linux backup client.

Requirements

You need a valid postfix configuration on your host (to send email reports).

Role Variables

All variables and default values are defined in defaults/main.yml :

# Name of the cron service and cron package (depends on your OS, can be cron, cronie, crond...)
cron_client_service_name: cron
cron_client_package: cron

# Name of the Borkbackup package
borgbackup_package: borgbackup

# Backup client folders to backup (separated with a space)
backup_client_folders_to_backup: ""

# Folder to deploy backup client scripts
backup_scripts_folder: "/usr/local/sbin"

# Backup client user and home directory
backup_client_user: "root"
backup_client_user_home: "/root"

# Crontask backup client scheduling
backup_client_cron_weekday: "*"
backup_client_cron_hour: "1"
backup_client_cron_minute: "30"

# Alias config file
aliases_config_file: "/etc/aliases"

# User or email to send client backup scripts report
backup_client_mail_target: "root"

# Compression parameters
backup_client_compression_param: "lzma,9"

NOTE : this role will only configure backup client on host if backup_client_folders_to_backup is not empty.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - backup_client

License

BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2020 by Nemo.