ZFS Uploader

ZFS Uploader is a simple program for backing up full and incremental ZFS snapshots to Amazon S3. It supports CRON based scheduling and can automatically remove old snapshots and backups. A helpful CLI (zfsup) lets you run jobs, restore, and list backups.

Features

• Backup/restore ZFS file systems
• Create incremental and full backups
• Automatically remove old snapshots and backups
• Use any S3 storage class type
• Helpful CLI

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• ZFS 0.8.1 or higher (untested on earlier versions)

Install Instructions

Commands should be run as root.

1. Create a directory and virtual environment

mkdir /etc/zfs_uploader
cd /etc/zfs_uploader
virtualenv --python python3 env

2. Install ZFS Uploader

source env/bin/activate
pip install zfs_uploader
ln -sf /etc/zfs_uploader/env/bin/zfsup /usr/local/sbin/zfsup

3. Write configuration file

Please see the Configuration File section below for helpful configuration examples.

vi config.cfg
chmod 600 config.cfg

4. Start service

cp zfs_uploader.service /etc/systemd/system/zfs_uploader.service
sudo systemctl enable --now zfs_uploader

5. List backups

zfsup list

Configuration File

The program reads backup job parameters from a configuration file. Default parameters may be set which then apply to all backup jobs. Multiple backup jobs can be set in one file.

Parameters

bucket_name : str

S3 bucket name.

access_key : str

S3 access key.

secret_key : str

S3 secret key.

filesystem : str

ZFS filesystem.

region : str, default: us-east-1

S3 region.

endpoint : str, optional

S3 endpoint for alternative services

cron : str, optional

Cron schedule. Example: * 0 * * *

max_snapshots : int, optional

Maximum number of snapshots.

max_backups : int, optional

Maximum number of full and incremental backups.

max_incremental_backups_per_full : int, optional

Maximum number of incremental backups per full backup.

storage_class : str, default: STANDARD

S3 storage class.

max_multipart_parts : int, default: 10000

Maximum number of parts to use in a multipart S3 upload.

Examples

Multiple full backups

[DEFAULT]
bucket_name = BUCKET_NAME
region = us-east-1
access_key = ACCESS_KEY
secret_key = SECRET_KEY
storage_class = STANDARD

[pool/filesystem]
cron = 0 2 * * *
max_snapshots = 7
max_incremental_backups_per_full = 6
max_backups = 7

Filesystem is backed up at 02:00 daily. Only the most recent 7 snapshots are kept. The oldest backup without dependents is removed once there are more than 7 backups.

Backblaze B2 S3-compatible endpoint, full backups

[DEFAULT]
bucket_name = BUCKET_NAME
region = eu-central-003
access_key = ACCESS_KEY
secret_key = SECRET_KEY
storage_class = STANDARD
endpoint = https://s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com

[pool/filesystem]
cron = 0 2 * * *
max_snapshots = 7
max_incremental_backups_per_full = 6
max_backups = 7

Structure

full backup (f), incremental backup (i)

1. f
2. f i
3. f i i
4. f i i i
5. f i i i i
6. f i i i i i
7. f i i i i i i
8. f i i i i i f
9. f i i i i f i
10. f i i i f i i
11. f i i f i i i
12. f i f i i i i
13. f f i i i i i
14. f i i i i i i

Single full backup

[DEFAULT]
bucket_name = BUCKET_NAME
region = us-east-1
access_key = ACCESS_KEY
secret_key = SECRET_KEY
storage_class = STANDARD

[pool/filesystem]
cron = 0 2 * * *
max_snapshots = 7
max_backups = 7

Filesystem is backed up at 02:00 daily. Only the most recent 7 snapshots are kept. The oldest incremental backup is removed once there are more than 7 backups. The full backup is never removed.

Structure

full backup (f), incremental backup (i)

1. f
2. f i
3. f i i
4. f i i i
5. f i i i i
6. f i i i i i
7. f i i i i i i

Only full backups

[DEFAULT]
bucket_name = BUCKET_NAME
region = us-east-1
access_key = ACCESS_KEY
secret_key = SECRET_KEY
storage_class = STANDARD

[pool/filesystem]
cron = 0 2 * * *
max_snapshots = 7
max_incremental_backups_per_full = 0
max_backups = 7

Filesystem is backed up at 02:00 daily. Only the most recent 7 snapshots are kept. The oldest full backup is removed once there are more than 7 backups. No incremental backups are taken.

Structure

full backup (f)

1. f
2. f f
3. f f f
4. f f f f
5. f f f f f
6. f f f f f f
7. f f f f f f f

Miscellaneous

Storage class codes

• STANDARD
• REDUCED_REDUNDANCY
• STANDARD_IA
• ONEZONE_IA
• INTELLIGENT_TIERING
• GLACIER
• DEEP_ARCHIVE
• OUTPOSTS

Release Instructions

1. Increment version in __init__.py file

2. Update CHANGELOG.md with new version

3. Tag release in GitHub when ready. Add changelog items to release description. GitHub Action workflow will automatically build and push the release to PyPi.