David Kupka wrote: > On 17/02/16 10:47, Matt . wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> I have tested your way out and it seems to be OK. >> >> The reason why I need this was is so I can perform a stop and >> ipa-backup before I start my backup to my backupserver. (pre-command). >> >> If I use ipa-backup directly it errors between the stop of ipa and the >> actual ipa backup. I need to check that out further. >> >> An ipactl start is not needed it seems as the ipa-backup command seems >> to start ipa at any time again. >> >> Do you understand/agree here ? > > Hello Matt, > > unfortunately I don't understand. The backup procedure AFAIK should work > like this: > > # ipa-backup && rsync -r /var/lib/ipa/backup/ backup.example.test:/ipa/ > > You ca run it manually or place it into the crontab or use it in your > orchestration system. > It will backup the ipa server with necessary stop and start and then > copy the new backup to the backup server. > > Still I don't see the need for stopping the server manually. > > ipa-backup calls "ipactl start" [0]. If you remove the else branch it > will not start the server. > > [0 > ]https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/tree/ipaserver/install/ipa_backup.py#n316
I've also been wondering about the request to remove the stop/start. The stop should be idempotent. Is an error being thrown? rob -- Manage your subscription for the Freeipa-users mailing list: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users Go to http://freeipa.org for more info on the project