LBack - a backup tool for linux

A Simple way to do remote / local backups. Hassle free, using your favorite db.

Requirements

+ Python >= 2.7
+ Pip for Python 2.7 
+ MySQL

Installing

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Regular Backups (Local)

to run a local backup you can use:

lback --client --local --backup --folder "/folder/"

this will instruct the program to backup the folder/" locally and when done send a success message telling you it is complete.

Regular Restores (Local)

to restore a folder having backed it up, you need to have its id. Which can be found in the database or whenever a transaction is complete. For example:

lback --client --local --restore --id "cb73eb0155af5a3da3bb4a63646b40201ab650c4"

OR short ids

lback --local --restore --id "cb73eb0"

this will fully restore this archive back to its initial state. Should it result in any error, it will throw a warning telling you what went wrong.

REMOTE backups:

To start a server. You may use:

lback --server

OR equivalently:

lback-server

this will start the program in server mode and listen to any connections

IMPORTANT: For the client, a running server 'must' be set up for remote backups. You can set this in "settings.json". "server_ip" and "server_port" the client will attempt to communicate on this tcip channel. The commands for a restore and backup are analagous to local. For example:

lback --client --remote --backup --folder "/folder/"

lback --client --remote --restore --id "cb73eb0155af5a3da3bb4a63646b40201ab650c4"

When done successfully, database transactions kept should be similar on both the client and server.

More on servers:

This program makes no optimizations for server vs client. And both machines can run as either. The implementor must decide which to use as a server, client. Moreover settings.json 'should' be identical on both machines.

Whenever a client successfully transfers data to the server. The data 'will' not be available immediately. Full propagation can take time depending on the folder's size.

Benchmark results:

108 megabytes (transfering XUL SDK) took ~ 3 minutes to archive and delivery another 3 minutes

Generating a list of backups:

To fetch all backups to date, you can use:

lback --list