BACKUPNINJA.CONF - Configuration file(s) for backupninja(1) .
SYNOPSIS
/etc/backupninja.conf /etc/backup.d/*
DESCRIPTION
backupninja.conf is the general configuration file. In this file you can set the log level and change the default directory locations. You can force a different general configuration file with "backupninja -f /path/to/conf".
To perform the actual backup, backupninja processes each configuration file in /etc/backup.d according to the file's suffix:
.sh -- run this file as a shell script.
.rdiff -- this is a configuration for rdiff-backup
.maildir -- this is a configuration to backup maildirs
.mysql -- mysql backup configuration
.ldap -- ldap backup configuration
.sys -- general system reports
Support for additional configuration types can be added by dropping bash scripts with the name of the suffix into /usr/share/backupninja.
The configuration files are processed in alphabetical order. However, it is suggested that you name the config files in "sysvinit style."
Typically, you will put a '.rdiff' config file last, so that any database dumps you make are included in the filesystem backup. Configurations files which begin with 0 (zero) are skipped.
Unless otherwise specified, the config file format is "ini style."
For example:
# this is a comment
[fishes]
fish = red
fish = blue
[fruit]
apple = yes
pear = no thanks i will not have a pear.
SCHEDULING
By default, each configuration file is processed everyday at 01:00 (1
AM). This can be changed by specifying the 'when' in a config file.
For example:
when = sundays at 02:00
when = 30th at 22
when = 30 at 22:00
when = everyday at 01 <-- the default
when = Tuesday at 05:00
A configuration file will be processed at the time(s) specified by the
"when" option. If multiple "when" options are present, then they all
apply. If two configurations files are scheduled to run in the same
hour, then we fall back on the alphabetical ordering specified above.
If two configurations files are scheduled close to one another in
time, it is possible to have multiple copies of backupninja running if
the first instance is not finished before the next one starts.
These values for 'when' are equivalent:
when = tuesday at 05:30
when = TUESDAYS at 05
These values for 'when' are invalid:
when = tuesday at 2am
when = tuesday at 2
when = tues at 02
