On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:45:59AM -0700, balin wrote: > I see. that seems straight forward then ... how time consuming is such a > move? > > Sincerely, Joh > > On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 7:36:02 PM UTC+2 unman wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:42:49AM -0700, balin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I urgently need to backup (and version control) my by now relative > > > elaborate salt config. > > > > > > The plan is to manage it in a `git` repo in a dedicated Vm (whether I > > push > > > it to some private online repo still needs some contemplation). > > > A shell script will > > > a) copy/sync the salt dir to the `git` vm > > > b) execute git add/commit(and possibly push) there > > > > > > >From this proposition the need arises to sync an entire directory from > > > `dom0` to the `git` vm. I found > > > `https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/` > > <https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/> and consequently > > `qvm-copy-to-vm > > > <target_vm> <file>` ... > > > I can see a workflow of packing the salt dir to a *.zip or some such, > > > copying that, unpacking it on the `git` vm through `qrexec` and > > preoceeding > > > with git operations ... somewhat inelegant. > > > Is there any other means of syncing an entire directory tree from `dom0` > > to > > > a vm? > > > > > > Thanks for any pointers. > > > > > > Sincerely, Joh > > > > > > > qvm-copy-to-vm will take a directory as an argument. > > You will have to then sync the files from QubesIncoming/dom0 to your git > > repo, but that is trivial. > >
Not at all time consuming. A simple script in dom0 to : qvm-copy-to-vm copy in the qube git push in the qube I have something you could look at - I'll post it in the morning. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20210404140152.GB4211%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
