Paranoik

Paranoik is a Python Framework, intended to easify automation of backups on servers and developers' machines. Most of the currently available backup solutions are too hard to configure, have a big learning curve, and are not written in Python. :) Since now I have tried a bunch of backup tools, but no one fully satisfied my needs.

Overview

Paranoik provides a mechanism to backup different things on a server, like:

• Directories
• MySQL Databases
• PostgreSQL Databases
• etc.

Separate components that define backup logic are called "backup providers". It is pretty easy to create new backup providers. It is nothing more than a class that inherits from Backupable (something that can be backuped).

Paranoik is meant to be extremely configurable and extensible. A configuration file exists, so that you could easily adjust its settings: ~/.paranoik.conf and /etc/paranoik.conf. By default, its configuration applies, which could be found at paranoik/paranoik.conf.

Backup Providers

• Directory - allows to copy directories to another backup location.

    directory = Directory("Some Directory Backup Resource")
    directory.path = "/path/to/directory"
    directory.destination = "/backup/location"
    directory.backup()

• MySQL - executes mysqldump and writes the output to a file.

    database = MySQL("Some Database")
    database.database = "database_name"
    database.username = "user"
    database.password = "Passw0rd!"
    database.destination = "/path/to/dump.sql"
    database.backup()

Storage

The purpose of storage providers is to provide interface to different data stores.

S3 Storage

    storage = S3("your_access_key", "your_secret_key")
    storage.bucket = "bucket_name"
    storage.add_file(tar_file_path)

FTP Storage

    ftp = FTP("ftp.example.com", "username", "password")
    ftp.add_file("/path/to/file.tar.gz")
    ftp.close()

Suites

Backup suites allow you to group multiple backupable objects in a single backup scenario. Lets assume that we would like to group the directory and database backups.

    suite = BackupSuite("Issue Tracker Backup")
    suite.add_backupable(directory)
    suite.add_backupable(database)
    suite.run()

When the run method is invoked, the suite will iteratively call the backup methods of each backupable object and iteratively do the cleanup.

Notifications

Paranoik provides you with a neat mechanism to send notifications. Currently only email notifications are implemented, but the design of the notification system allows you to extend it with any kind of notifications you would like to send. You just need to implement a simple interface. If you would like to enable notifications, simply modify the configuration file.

Contribution

If you would like to contribute to the project, feel free to submit issue or provide a pull request.

Compatibility

Paranoik Backups is compatible with the Python >= 2.6 and Python >= 3.0