boutetnico / ansible-role-backup

Manage backups with Ansible.

ansible-role-backup

This role configures backups.

Requirements

Ansible 2.10 or newer.

Supported Platforms

• Debian - 11 (Bullseye)
• Debian - 12 (Bookworm)
• Ubuntu - 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)
• Ubuntu - 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)

Role Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Choices	Comments
backup_user	yes	backupd	string	User who runs backup scripts
backup_group	yes	backupd	string
backup_extra_groups	yes	[]	list	Add backup_user to additional groups
backup_home_dir	yes	/home/{{ backup_user }}	string
backup_scripts_dir	yes	{{ backup_home_dir }}/scripts	string
backup_temp_dir	yes	{{ backup_home_dir }}/temp	string
backup_extra_dir	yes	[]	list	Create additional directories if needed
backup_dependencies	yes	[cron, gzip, tar, util-linux]	list
backup_env	yes	{}	dict
backup_archive_enabled	yes	true	bool	Wether or not to pack files into an archive
backup_compression_enabled	yes	true	bool	Wether or not to compress the archive file
backup_compressor	yes	gzip	string
backup_compression_level	yes	1	int
backup_aws_command	yes	aws	string
backup_aws_upload_enabled	yes	false	bool
backup_aws_bucket_name	yes	mybucket	string
backup_aws_region	yes	us-east-1	string
backup_gcloud_command	yes	gsutil	string
backup_gcloud_upload_enabled	yes	false	bool
backup_gcloud_bucket_name	yes	mybucket	string
backup_b2_command	yes	b2	string
backup_b2_upload_enabled	yes	false	bool	Enable Backblaze B2 upload.
backup_b2_bucket_name	yes	mybucket	string	Backblaze B2 bucket name.
backup_restic_command	yes	restic	string
backup_restic_enabled	yes	false	bool
backup_restic_forget_options	yes	--keep-daily 90 --prune	string	See (all options)[https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/060_forget.html#removing-snapshots-according-to-a-policy].
backup_restic_check_enabled	yes	false	bool
backup_cron_syslog_enabled	yes	true	bool	Log script output to syslog
backup_cron_syslog_tag	yes	cron_backup_	string
backup_services	yes	[]	list	Scripts to install. See defaults/main.yml

Dependencies

• backup_aws_* options require awscli package.
• backup_gcloud_* options require gcloud package.
• backup_restic_* options require restic package.
• backup_b2_* options require b2 package.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - ansible-role-backup
      backup_aws_upload_enabled: true
      backup_aws_bucket_name: backup
      backup_aws_region: us-east-1
      backup_services:
        - name: site-files
          script: files.sh
          vars:
            files_path: /var/www/site/data
          cron:
            day: 1
            hour: 6
            minute: 0
        - name: site-mysql
          script: mysqldump.sh
          vars:
            mysql_user: backup
            mysql_password: backup
            mysql_endpoint: localhost
            mysql_databases:
              - site
          cron:
            hour: "*/6"
            minute: 30
        - name: photos-bucket
          script: s3_bucket.sh
          vars:
            bucket_name: photos
            s3_sync_path: "/mnt/photos-s3-mirror"
            s3_sync_options: "--follow-symlinks"
          cron:
            hour: 5
            minute: 20
            weekday: 0
        - name: site-mongodb
          script: mongodump.sh
          vars:
            mongodb_user: backup
            mongodb_password: backup
            mongodb_endpoint: localhost
          cron:
            hour: 7
            minute: 45
        - name: site-mysql-xtrabackup
          script: xtrabackup.sh
          vars:
            mysql_user: backup
            mysql_password: backup
            xtrabackup_backup_options: --slave-info
            xtrabackup_prepare_options: --use-memory=1G
        - name: logs-bucket
          script: s3_bucket.sh
          vars:
            bucket_name: logs
            s3_sync_path: "/mnt/logs-s3-mirror"
            restic_enabled: true
            restic_check_enabled: true
            archive_enabled: false
            compression_enabled: false
          cron:
            hour: 14
            minute: 30
        - name: docker_mariabackup
          script: docker_mariabackup.sh
          vars:
            mysql_container_name: project_mysql_1
            mysql_network_name: project_backend
            mysql_host: mysql
            mysql_user: backup
            mysql_password: backup
            mariabackup_docker_image: mariadb:latest
            mariabackup_options: --no-lock
          cron:
            hour: "*/1"
            minute: 27
        - name: influxdb
          script: influxdb.sh
          vars:
            influxdb_host: localhost:8086
            influxdb_token: influxdb-root-token-created-at-setup
          cron:
            hour: 21
            minute: 06

Testing

molecule test

License

MIT

Author Information

@boutetnico