Backup-System/README.MD

Backup-System

These scripts are in a very early state, so caution is advised.

Proper documentation will be provided at a later date.

A collection of Bash scripts for generating backup archives; these scripts are primarily intended for personal servers.

Currently, the scripts and their documentation are a work-in-progress.

Eventually, the documentation will be located in /DOCUMENTATION.

Summary

Current method of documentation.

To archive the files, the scripts use 7-zip, then they copy the files to another directory (preferably another drive) using Rsync; the archive-name contains the time of the backup.

Required Software

• 7-zip
• Rsync
• ionice
• nice
• systemd
• sudo

Install:

$ apt install 7z
$ apt install rsync
$ apt install sudo

• At the moment, each dependency must be installed manually; however, a script will be provided later to automate this process.

• To run the backup automatically, create a cronjob: $ crontab -e

  Add the following: 0 5 * * * sudo bash /path/to/scope.sh

• For the time being, each script will require manual configuration:

  • Replace each /path/to/... with your desired directory.
  • Edit SCOPE.SH to allocate a greater amount of the RAM and CPU, as the default values are too low.