Description

This cookbook provides an easy way to install Holland Backup.

More information?
* http://hollandbackup.org

Requirements

Cookbooks:

This cookbook recommends on the following cookbooks:

• mysql

Depending on your setup, these recommended cookbooks are actual dependencies (depends):

• Installing the mysqldump provider? You'll need the mysql cookbook to be available.

Platforms:

• Debian
• Ubuntu
• CentOS
• RHEL

Attributes

repository.rb:

• node['hollandbackup']['repository']['distro'] - The Linux distro, defaults to "xUbuntu_12.04"

mysqldump.rb: (see http://docs.hollandbackup.org/provider_configs/mysqldump.html)

general

• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['mysql_binpath'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['lock_method'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['exclude_invalid_views'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['dump_routines'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['dump_events'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['stop_slave'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['bin_log_position'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['flush_logs'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['file_per_database'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['additional_options'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['extra_defaults'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['estimate_method'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil

database and table filtering

• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['filtering']['databases'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['filtering']['exclude_databases'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['filtering']['tables'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['filtering']['exclude_tables'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil

[compression]

• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['compresssion']['method'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['compresssion']['inline'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['compresssion']['level'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['compresssion']['bin_path'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil

[mysql:client]

• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['mysql_connection']['defaults_extra_file'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['mysql_connection']['user'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['mysql_connection']['password'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['mysql_connection']['socket'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['mysql_connection']['host'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['mysqldump']['mysql_connection']['port'] - see Holland Backup mysqldump-docs, defaults to nil

main.rb: (see http://docs.hollandbackup.org/config.html#holland-conf-main-config)

[holland]

• node['hollandbackup']['main']['plugin_dirs'] - see Holland Backup main config-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['main']['backup_directory'] - see Holland Backup main config-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['main']['backupsets'] - see Holland Backup main config-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['main']['umask'] - see Holland Backup main config-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['main']['path'] - see Holland Backup main config-docs, defaults to nil

[logging]

• node['hollandbackup']['main']['filename'] - see Holland Backup main config-docs, defaults to nil
• node['hollandbackup']['main']['level'] - see Holland Backup main config-docs, defaults to nil

backupsets.rb:

• node['hollandbackup']['backupsets'] - A list of backupsets

Usage

1. include recipe[hollandbackup] in a run list
2. include recipe[hollandbackup::mysqldump]
3. include recipe[hollandbackup::main]
4. include recipe[hollandbackup::backupsets]
5. tweak the attributes via attributes/default.rb --- OR --- override the attribute on a higher level (http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Attributes#Attributes-AttributesPrecedence)

References

• Holland Backup home page
• Holland Backup installation
• Holland Backup configuration

License and Authors

Author: David Joos david.joos@escapestudios.com
Author: Escape Studios Development dev@escapestudios.com
Copyright: 2012-2014, Escape Studios

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