Make status monitor report 'out of date'.

[grke]

I have this on a cron job:

0 6 * * * root /etc/burp/summary_script /etc/burp/burp-server.conf
keeling@spamcop.net 'burp summary' >/dev/null 2>&1

summary_script runs this and puts it in an email:
burp -c /etc/burp/burp-server.conf -a S

The output looks like this:

burp status 2013-04-26 20:52:33

windows idle last backup: 0000008 2013-04-09 01:54:41
grke.net idle last backup: 0000076 2013-04-26 00:02:31
space idle last backup: 0000011 2013-04-22 20:35:10
studio idle last backup: 0000002 2012-05-18 22:31:14
(etc)

All that needs to be added is an option in the conf file to tell it when a
client is to be considered out of date (overridable per client). It could then
put 'out of date' where 'idle' currently is, and summary_script could filter on
those lines.

[klamontagne]

At the moment I do something like this in a cron to see backups older than yesterday:

burp -a S -c /etc/burp/burp-server.conf | grep -v -e "$(date -d 'yesterday' +%F)" -e "$(date +%F)" -e "^[[:space:]]*$"

It needs better date/time parsing (this one doesn't take the overnight "day change" into account for nightly backups) but it's the same idea.

[pablodav]

Thanks, this command is very useful.
I have used it to report also older than x days, example:

 burp -a S -c /etc/burp/burp-server.conf | grep -v -e "$(date -d '8 days ago' +%F)" -e "$(date +%F)" -e "^[[:space:]]*$"

I have found more useful information in:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Examples-of-date.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Options-for-date.html#Options-for-date
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-get-yesterdays-tomorrows-date.html

[pablodav]

After some testing, that line didn't help. Its behaviour was a little bit strange, so I have been working with a friend on it:

Changing comment because I have added a pull request with improvements:
#283

It works to generate the correct list of "Out of date" or "outdated" backups.

Also you can pipe it to send email example:

Also sends email, change the variables to your own email addresses

[grke]

Hello,
Thanks for this, I have added the script to the next 2.0.x release, in configs/server/out_of_date_report_script.

[pablodav]

Pleased to help!

The script doesn't creates: /var/log/burp-custom folder.
So a line for that could be needed too ;)

2015-04-12 8:23 GMT-03:00 grke notifications@github.com:

Hello,
Thanks for this, I have added the script to the next 2.0.x release, in
configs/server/out_of_date_report_script.

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[pablodav]

Just added some changes in #283