Cloud backup

I made this script out of a need to backup MySQL databases from cheap VPS servers, but it should be very easy to make it backup anything else.

Install

Clone this repo to desired location:

git clone git://github.com/adaline/cloud_backup.git
cd cloud_backup

Install all the gems

bundle install

Edit config files

config/aws.yaml - contains the credentials for cloud storage, I use AWS but you can change it to any provider supported by fog.io

config/db.yaml - contains db credentials needed to run mysqldump, list of databases you want to backup, how long to keep the backlog (30 days) and the prefix for the files (eg. server1)

config/schedule.rb - "Whenever" config file, please change the :backup job type to whatever you need, i have it set up to use rvm. (http://github.com/javan/whenever)

Set up cron

Run whenever to write crontab:

whenever -w

View crontab to confirm an added command:

crontab -l

Remove from crontab

To remove the script form your crontab and stop it running periodically run:

whenever -c