Well finally I think I'll need the regexdir to exclude some cache directory
inside website that are huge ;)
You didn't work for nothgin Martin ;)
Thanks,
Thomas.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:19, Thomas Manson <dev.mansontho...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Ok,
> I've read a bit quickly your answer, and tonight Bacula backup 33Go of data
> (compressed) LOL...
>
> I'm gonna change my way of doing... instead of a complex bacula
> configuration, I'll move logs to another single location (for every website)
> instead of a logs directory per website.
>
> This server will soon be re installed and the way I manage website will
> change totally, that's why I don't want to spend much time on this (I've
> also a lot of other things to do and it's not my full time job)
>
> Thanks Martin for your help !
>
> Thomas.
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 16:43, Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com> wrote:
>
>> >>>>> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:20:46 +0100, Thomas Manson said:
>> >
>> > Hi Martin,
>> >
>> > So I should do this :
>> > FileSet {
>> > Name = "computer.domain.com.FileSet"
>> > Include {
>> > Options {
>> > signature = SHA1
>> > compression = GZIP
>> > *regexdir = "/home/.*/web/public_html"*
>> > }
>> > File = /etc
>> > File = /home/special/master
>> > File = /usr/src/makeHttpd
>> > File = /root
>> > File = /backup/databases/lastbackup
>> > *File = /home*
>> > }
>> > }
>>
>> Yes, that's a start.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > > you need to exclude everything that doesn't match the regex and
>> include
>> > > all of the directories above /home/user1/web.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Well, I've nothing to backup between / and /home/*/web
>> > What's the point of using regexdir if I have to exclude everything else
>> ?
>>
>> That's just how it works. Bacula doesn't scan the whole world looking for
>> something that matches the regexdir.
>>
>> Instead, it searches down the tree starting from the 'File =' lines
>> looking
>> for files to back up. To prevent something from being backed up, you must
>> exclude it by using an Exclude section or by using options with 'exclude =
>> yes'. See the *.gz example here:
>>
>> http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION001480000000000000000
>>
>> When you exclude a directory, it doesn't look any further. Therefore, to
>> back
>> up selected subdirectories of /home/*, you need to make Bacula select all
>> directories leading up to those you want to back up, without selecting any
>> of
>> ther contents. Something like this (not tested):
>>
>> Include {
>> Options {
>> signature = SHA1
>> compression = GZIP
>> # include the dirs in /home
>> regexdir = "^/home/[^/]+$"
>> # and include the web dirs of them
>> wilddir = "/home/*/web"
>> # and the public_html dirs within the web dirs
>> wilddir = "/home/*/web/public_html"
>> # and the contents of the public_html
>> wild = "/home/*/web/public_html/*"
>> }
>> Options {
>> # exclude everything else
>> Exclude = yes
>> wild = "/home/*"
>> }
>> File = /home
>> }
>>
>> __Martin
>>
>>
>> >
>> > For the fact that bacula FD stops with the regexp, I'll recheck, but I
>> don't
>> > think their is something in the director's logs...
>> >
>> > Thomas.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 21:44, Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >>>>>> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:00:26 +0100, Thomas Manson said:
>> > >>
>> > >> Nobody has an idea?
>> > >
>> > > Bacula uses the File lines as the roots when it looks for files and
>> none
>> > of
>> > > yours are going to find files in /home/user1 etc. Also, you can't do
>> what
>> > you
>> > > want directly with a single Options clause -- you need to exclude
>> > everything
>> > > that doesn't match the regex and include all of the directories above
>> > > /home/user1/web.
>> > >
>> > > Crashing is unexpected though. What does the Bacula log say? Can you
>> > repeat
>> > > it on a local machine without the ssh tunnel?
>> > >
>> > > __Martin
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 22:19, Thomas Manson <
>> dev.mansontho...@gmail.com
>> > >wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > I forgot to mention the bacula version :
>> > >> > server :
>> > >> > 2.4.2-1ubuntu6
>> > >> > client : Redhat ES4 with version :
>> bacula-client-2.4.2-1.el4.i386.rpm
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Thomas
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 22:16, Thomas Manson <
>> > dev.mansontho...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> Hi,
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I want to backup this kind of directories :
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> /home/user1/web/public_html
>> > >> >> /home/user2/web/public_html
>> > >> >> /home/user3/web/public_html
>> > >> >> /home/user4/web/public_html
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> and subdirectories.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I've run a find to list all dir of the home directory and test the
>> > >> >> following regexp on it with success :
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> "/home/.*/web/public_html" (with quote in the configuration
>> file).
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> When I run the backup, the job crashes :
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> My SSH tunnel is stopped and when I run another backup, it tells
>> me
>> > that
>> > >> >> the last volume do not have the correct number of byte (can't
>> remember
>> > the
>> > >> >> exact message).
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> If I comment the regexdir, it works normally.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> here is the fileSet :
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> FileSet {
>> > >> >> Name = "computer.domain.com.FileSet"
>> > >> >> Include {
>> > >> >> Options {
>> > >> >> signature = SHA1
>> > >> >> compression = GZIP
>> > >> >> #regexdir = "/home/.*/web/public_html"
>> > >> >> }
>> > >> >> File = /etc
>> > >> >> File = /home/special/master
>> > >> >> File = /usr/src/makeHttpd
>> > >> >> File = /root
>> > >> >> File = /backup/databases/lastbackup
>> > >> >> }
>> > >> >> }
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Any idea of how I can see what's going wrong?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Thx,
>> > >> >> Thomas.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >
>>
>
>
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