Code Repo: http://github.com/computerlyrik/chef-bacula

Description

Tested on Ubuntu 12.04 server (should also work on Debian - please report!)

Supports File backup on a dedicated storage server with a single bacula director and multiple clients to be backed up.

Painlessly autoconfigures itself and the Jobs to be done. Backs up daily incremental, full weekly. (see usage) Also supports installation of bacula console to observe your backup progresses.

Autogenerated Jobs

• Files
• Mysql
• LDAP
• Chef server

Recipes

Bacula Director (bacula-dir)

bacula::server 

Central backup server

Bacula File Daemon (bacula-fd)

bacula::client

Used by each client to be backed up

Bacula Storage Daemon (bacula-sd)

bacula::storage (bacula-sd)

For use on storage system

Bacula Administration Tool BAT (bacula-console-qt)

bacula::bat

Used for Systems with graphic environment - installs and configures "bat" Bacula qt-console

Requirements

Cookbooks:

mysql
database
openssl #for password generation

#Attributes

default.rb

Configure the bacula user

node['bacula']['user']
node['bacula']['group']

server.rb

Set properties for File based backup

node['bacula']['volume_size'] = "1G"
node['bacula']['volume_max'] = 20
node['bacula']['label_format'] = "BaculaFile"

client.rb

Set files to be backed up (see Usage below)

node['bacula']['fd']['files']

storage.rb

Set up destination of File-Storage

default['bacula']['sd']['backup_dir'] = "/backup"

Usage

Backup Job generation

To autogenerate jobs the following expressions need to be true on bacula::client machine:

Mysql

node['mysql'] && node['mysql']['server_root_password']

Ldap

node['openldap'] && node['openldap']['slapd_type'] == "master"

Chef Server

node['fqdn'] == "chef.#{node['domain']}"

Default deployment

• node A => bacula::server
• node B => bacula::storage (with much storage)
• node C-Z => bacula::client

Examples

Howto backup files (do not use in production)

Set on your bacula::client node

node.set['bacula']['fd']['files'] = {
  'includes' => ['/']],
  'excludes' => [ '/dev','sys']
}

Howto change the backup cycle

To change the backup cycle make changes in templates/default/bacula-dir.conf

Todo/Ideas

• Add restore jobs
• more datastores (postgresql, sqlite)
• make attributes out of the listening port
• make mailing work

Contact

see metadata.rb