backupninja/examples/example.rdiff

##
## This is an example rdiff-backup configuration file.
## The defaults are useful in most cases, just make sure
## to configure the destination host and user.
##

## passed directly to rdiff-backup
# options = --force

## default is 0, but set to 19 if you want to lower the priority.
# nicelevel = 19

## default is yes. set to no to skip the test if the remote host is alive
# 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)
# bwlimit = 62500

######################################################
## 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)
#keep = yes
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"
type = remote

# put the backups under this directory
directory = /backups

# the machine which will receive the backups.
# only use if "[dest] type = remote"
host = backuphost

# 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"
user = backupuser