backup-file2s3-cookbook

Installs a script that backs up one or more directories into an S3 bucket. Also sets up the cronjob to regularly run said script.

Supported Platforms

Ubuntu 14.04

Attributes

Key	Type	Description	Default
['backup-file2s3']['bucket']	String	The S3 bucket where backup tarballs will be stored.	nil
['backup-file2s3']['region']	String	AWS region of the bucket.	'us-east-1'
['backup-file2s3']['max_backups']	Integer	Number of old backup tarballs to retain in S3.	30
['backup-file2s3']['dirs']	Array	An array of directories to be backed up.	[]
['backup-file2s3']['cron']['min']	String	Related cron attributes are: `hour`, `day`, `mon`, `wday`, each specifying a corresponding crontab value. This cron job will determine how often the backup script is run.	nil

Usage

backup-file2s3::default

Include backup-file2s3 in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[backup-file2s3::default]"
  ]
}

License and Authors

Author:: Earth U. (sysadmin@chromedia.com)