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+# IML BACKUP #
+
+Backup scripts using duplicity.
+Runs on Linux.
+
+Free software. GNU GPL 3.0.
+
+Source: https://git-repo.iml.unibe.ch/iml-open-source/iml-backup/
+Duplicity: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/
+
+## Why ##
+
+We don't want to configure a backup set on a "central backup server" for each new node. Each new node pushed its own backup data to a backup target.
+
+We want to push data from a private network to target; a central backup server would ot reach some clients.
+
+A set of database backup scripts detects exsiting locally running database servers and puts a compressed dump file per database scheme to a local backup directory.
+
+Then a transfer script uses duplicity to encrypt and transfer local backups and other local folders to a backup target.
+
+## Features ##
+
+Supported Databases for backup and restore
+
+* Mysql/ Mariadb (mysql_dump)
+* postgres (pg_dump)
+* sqlite (by naming files with full path in a config)
+
+Limited support:
+
+* couchdb (using a config with naming convention)
+* ldap (without restore so far)
+
+Duplicity allows
+
+* Incremental and full backups
+* encrypted backups using GPG
+* set size of backup volumes
+* delete old backups by a given time limit
+* several backup targets (we currently use scp:// rsync:// and file://)
+
+## Installation ##
+
+- Uncompress / clone the client to a local directory
+- go to jobs directory to copy the *.job.dist files to *.job
+- configure *.job files
+- manual test run
+- create a cronjob
+
+### Uncompress client ###
+
+To put all files into a directory i.e.
+
+    /opt/imlbackup/client
+
+then use the **root** user and follow these steps:
+
+    # Create the directory level above
+    mdir -p /opt/imlbackup/
+
+    # download
+    cd /opt/imlbackup/
+    wget https://git-repo.iml.unibe.ch/iml-open-source/iml-backup/-/archive/master/iml-backup-master.tar.gz
+
+    # extract
+    tar -xzf iml-backup-master.tar.gz
+    mv iml-backup-master client
+
+    # remove downloaded file
+    rm -f iml-backup-master.tar.gz
+
+    # to set pwd to /opt/imlbackup/client:
+    cd client
+
+### database backup: set local backup target ###
+
+Create a jobs/dirs.jon (copy the deliverers *.dist file)
+
+    cd jobs
+    cp dirs.job.dist dirs.job
+    cd ..
+
+There are 2 defaults:
+
+    dir-localdumps = /var/iml-backup
+    keep-days = 7
+
+**dir-localdumps**
+{string} 
+The target directory for local dumps. It is used by 
+
+* the database dump scripts
+* the transfer script to store the client backups
+* the restore script
+
+Below that one a directory for the service will be generated; inside that one the database dumbs with scheme name and timestamp, i.e.
+
+    /var/iml-backup/mysql/mydatabase__20190827-2300.sql.gz
+
+**keep-days**
+{integer}
+The number of days how long to keep dumps locally.
+
+Remark:
+To make a database restore its dump must be located at this directory. To restore an older database you need to restore the dump from duplicity first.
+
+If you have local Mysql daemon or Pgsql you can test it by starting 
+
+    # dump all databases
+    ./localdump.sh
+
+    # show written files
+    find /var/iml-backup