stoney backup: Server set-up

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Abstract

This document describes server setup for the stoney cloud (Online) Backup service, built upon the Gentoo Linux distribution.

Overview

After working through this documentation, you will be able to set up and configure your own (Online) Backup service server.

Software Installation

Requirements

A working stoney cloud, installed according to stoney cloud: Single-Node Installation or stoney cloud: Multi-Node Installation.

Keywords & USE-Flags

For a minimal OpenLDAP directory installation: 

echo "net-nds/openldap minimal sasl" >> /etc/portage/package.use
echo "net-nds/openldap ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

NSS and PAM modules for lookups using LDAP: 

echo "sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd sasl" >> /etc/portage/package.use
echo "sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo "sys-fs/quota ldap" >> /etc/portage/package.use

echo "=app-admin/jailkit-2.16 ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

For the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon: 

echo "dev-perl/Net-SMTPS ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo "perl-core/Switch ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

To build puttygen only without X11: 

echo "net-misc/putty ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo "net-misc/putty -gtk" >> /etc/portage/package.use

Emerge

emerge -va nss-pam-ldapd \
           quota \
           net-misc/putty \
           app-admin/jailkit \
           sys-apps/haveged \
           net-misc/putty \
           sys-apps/sst-backup-utils \
           sys-apps/sst-prov-backup-rsnapshot

To list the dependencies of ebuilds, you can use equery: 

equery depgraph sst-backup-utils

 * Searching for sst-backup-utils ...

 * dependency graph for sys-apps/sst-backup-utils-0.1.0
 `--  sys-apps/sst-backup-utils-0.1.0  amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/PerlUtil-0.1.0  (>=dev-perl/PerlUtil-0.1.0) amd64 
   `--  virtual/perl-Sys-Syslog-0.320.0  (virtual/perl-Sys-Syslog) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/perl-ldap-0.530.0  (dev-perl/perl-ldap) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/XML-Simple-2.200.0  (dev-perl/XML-Simple) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/Config-IniFiles-2.780.0  (dev-perl/Config-IniFiles) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/XML-Validator-Schema-1.100.0  (dev-perl/XML-Validator-Schema) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/Date-Calc-6.300.0  (dev-perl/Date-Calc) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/DateManip-6.310.0  (dev-perl/DateManip) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/Schedule-Cron-Events-1.930.0  (dev-perl/Schedule-Cron-Events) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/DateTime-Format-Strptime-1.520.0  (dev-perl/DateTime-Format-Strptime) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/XML-SAX-0.990.0  (dev-perl/XML-SAX) amd64 
   `--  virtual/perl-MIME-Base64-3.130.0-r2  (virtual/perl-MIME-Base64) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/Authen-SASL-2.160.0  (dev-perl/Authen-SASL) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/Net-SMTPS-0.30.0  (dev-perl/Net-SMTPS) ~amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/text-template-1.450.0  (dev-perl/text-template) amd64 
   `--  virtual/perl-Getopt-Long-2.380.0-r2  (virtual/perl-Getopt-Long) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager-1.20.0  (dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager) amd64 
   `--  dev-perl/Time-Stopwatch-1.0.0  (dev-perl/Time-Stopwatch) amd64 
   `--  app-backup/rsnapshot-1.3.1-r1  (app-backup/rsnapshot) amd64 
[ sys-apps/sst-backup-utils-0.1.0 stats: packages (20), max depth (1) ]

For more information, visit the Gentoolkit page.

Base Server Software Configuration

OpenSSH

OpenSSH Configuration

Configure the OpenSSH daemon: 

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Set following options: 

PubkeyAuthentication yes
PasswordAuthentication yes
UsePAM yes
Subsystem     sftp   internal-sftp

Make sure, that Subsystem sftp internal-sftp is the last line in the configuration file.

We want to reduce the numbers of chroot environments in one folder. As the ChrootDirectory configuration option only allows %h (home directory of the user) and %u (username of the user), we need to create the necessary matching rules in the form of: 

Match User *000
  ChrootDirectory /var/backup/000/%u
  AuthorizedKeysFile /var/backup/000/%u/%h/.ssh/authorized_keys
Match
Match User *001
  ChrootDirectory /var/backup/001/%u
  AuthorizedKeysFile /var/backup/001/%u/%h/.ssh/authorized_keys
Match
...
Match User *999
  ChrootDirectory /var/backup/999/%u
  AuthorizedKeysFile /var/backup/999/%u/%h/.ssh/authorized_keys
Match

The creation of the matching rules is done by executing the following bash commands: 

FILE=/etc/ssh/sshd_config;
 
for x in {0..999} ; do \
  printf "Match User *%03d\n" $x >> ${FILE}; \
  printf "  ChrootDirectory /var/backup/%03d/%%u\n" $x >> ${FILE}; \
  printf "  AuthorizedKeysFile /var/backup/%03d/%%u/%%h/.ssh/authorized_keys\n" $x >> ${FILE}; \
  printf "Match\n" >> ${FILE}; \
done

Don't forget to restart the OpenSSH daemon: 

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

OpenSSH Host Keys

If you migrate from a existing backup server, you might want to copy the ssh host keys to the new server. If you do so clients want see a difference between the two hosts as the fingerprint remains the same. Copy the following files from the existing host to the new:

  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub
  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
  • /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub

Set the correct permissions on the new host: 

chmod 600 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
chmod 644 /etc/ssh/*.pub

And restart the ssh daemon. Caution: do not close your existing ssh session as long as you are not sure the ssh daemon has restarted properly and you can login again. 

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

OpenLDAP

/etc/hosts

Update the /etc/hosts with the LDAP server: 

/etc/hosts

# VIP of the LDAP Server
31.216.40.4      ldapm.stoney-cloud.org

Root CA Certificate Installation

Install the root CA certificate into the OpenSSL default certificate storage directory: 

fqdn="cloud.stoney-cloud.org"    # The fully qualified domain name of the server containing the root certificate.

cd /etc/ssl/certs/
wget --no-check-certificate https://${fqdn}/ca/FOSS-Cloud_CA.cert.pem
chown root:root /etc/ssl/certs/FOSS-Cloud_CA.cert.pem
chmod 444 /etc/ssl/certs/FOSS-Cloud_CA.cert.pem

Rebuild the CA hashes 

c_rehash /etc/ssl/certs/

/etc/openldap/ldap.conf

Update the /etc/openldap/ldap.confLDAP configuration file/environment variables: 

/etc/openldap/ldap.conf

# Used to specify a size limit to use when performing searches. The number should be an
# non-negative integer. SIZELIMIT of zero (0) specifies unlimited search size.
SIZELIMIT       20000

# Used to specify a time limit to use when performing searches. The number should be an
# non-negative integer. TIMELIMIT of zero (0) specifies unlimited search time to be used.
TIMELIMIT       45

# Specify how aliases dereferencing is done. DEREF should be set to one of never, always, search,
# or find to specify that aliases are never dereferenced, always dereferenced, dereferenced when
# searching, or dereferenced only when locating the base object for the search. The default is to
# never dereference aliases.
DEREF           never

# Specifies the URI(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which the LDAP library should connect. The URI
# scheme may be either ldapor ldaps which refer to LDAP over TCP and LDAP over SSL (TLS)
# respectively. Each server's name can be specified as a domain- style name or an IP address
# literal. Optionally, the server's name can followed by a ':' and the port number the LDAP
# server is listening on. If no port number is provided, the default port for the scheme is
# used (389 for ldap://, 636 for ldaps://). A space separated list of URIs may be provided.
URI             ldaps://ldapm.stoney-cloud.org

# Used to specify the default base DN to use when performing ldap operations. The base must be
# specified as a Distinguished Name in LDAP format.
BASE            dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org

# This is a local copy of the certificate of the certificate authority
# used to sign the server certificate for the LDAP server I am using
TLS_CACERT      /etc/ssl/certs/FOSS-Cloud_CA.cert.pem

Check you configuration by doing a search: 

ldapsearch -v -H "ldaps://ldapm.stoney-cloud.org" \
              -b "dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org" \
              -D "cn=Manager,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org" \
              -s one "(objectClass=*)" \
              -LLL -W

The result should look something like: 

ldap_initialize( ldaps://ldapm.stoney-cloud.org:636/??base )
filter: (objectClass=*)
requesting: All userApplication attributes
dn: ou=administration,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: administration
...

Random Number Generator (haveged)

Tools like putty are dependent on random numbers to be able to create certificates.

haveged - Generate random numbers and feed linux random device

The haveged daemon doesn't need any special configuration, therefore you can start it from the command line interface: 

/etc/init.d/haveged start

Check, if the start was successful: 

ps auxf | grep haveged

root     18001  1.0  0.0   7420  3616 ?        Ss   08:48   0:00 /usr/sbin/haveged -r 0 -w 1024 -v 1

Add the haveged daemon to the default run level: 

rc-update add haveged default

nss-pam-ldapd

nslcd.conf — configuration file for LDAP nameservice daemon

/etc/nslcd.conf

# This is the configuration file for the LDAP nameservice
# switch library's nslcd daemon. It configures the mapping
# between NSS names (see /etc/nsswitch.conf) and LDAP
# information in the directory.
# See the manual page nslcd.conf(5) for more information.

# The user and group nslcd should run as.
uid nslcd
gid nslcd

# The uri pointing to the LDAP server to use for name lookups.
# Multiple entries may be specified. The address that is used
# here should be resolvable without using LDAP (obviously).
#uri ldap://127.0.0.1/
#uri ldaps://127.0.0.1/
#uri ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fldapi_sock/
# Note: %2f encodes the '/' used as directory separator
uri ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.ch

# The LDAP version to use (defaults to 3
# if supported by client library)
#ldap_version 3

# The distinguished name of the search base.
base dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org

# The distinguished name to bind to the server with.
# Optional: default is to bind anonymously.
binddn cn=Manager,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org

# The credentials to bind with.
# Optional: default is no credentials.
# Note that if you set a bindpw you should check the permissions of this file.
bindpw myverysecretpassword

# The distinguished name to perform password modifications by root by.
#rootpwmoddn cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com

# The default search scope.
#scope sub
#scope one
#scope base

# Customize certain database lookups.
#base   group  ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com
base   group  ou=groups,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
base   passwd ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
base   shadow ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
#scope  group  onelevel
#scope  hosts  sub

#filter group  (&(objectClass=posixGroup)(sstIsActive=TRUE))
filter passwd (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(sstIsActive=TRUE))
filter shadow (&(objectClass=shadowAccount)(sstIsActive=TRUE))

# Bind/connect timelimit.
#bind_timelimit 30

# Search timelimit.
#timelimit 30

# Idle timelimit. nslcd will close connections if the
# server has not been contacted for the number of seconds.
#idle_timelimit 3600

# Use StartTLS without verifying the server certificate.
#ssl start_tls
tls_reqcert never

# CA certificates for server certificate verification
#tls_cacertdir /etc/ssl/certs
#tls_cacertfile /etc/ssl/ca.cert

# Seed the PRNG if /dev/urandom is not provided
#tls_randfile /var/run/egd-pool

# SSL cipher suite
# See man ciphers for syntax
#tls_ciphers TLSv1

# Client certificate and key
# Use these, if your server requires client authentication.
#tls_cert
#tls_key

# Mappings for Services for UNIX 3.5
#filter passwd (objectClass=User)
#map    passwd uid              msSFU30Name
#map    passwd userPassword     msSFU30Password
#map    passwd homeDirectory    msSFU30HomeDirectory
#map    passwd homeDirectory    msSFUHomeDirectory
#filter shadow (objectClass=User)
#map    shadow uid              msSFU30Name
#map    shadow userPassword     msSFU30Password
#filter group  (objectClass=Group)
#map    group  member           msSFU30PosixMember

# Mappings for Services for UNIX 2.0
#filter passwd (objectClass=User)
#map    passwd uid              msSFUName
#map    passwd userPassword     msSFUPassword
#map    passwd homeDirectory    msSFUHomeDirectory
#map    passwd gecos            msSFUName
#filter shadow (objectClass=User)
#map    shadow uid              msSFUName
#map    shadow userPassword     msSFUPassword
#map    shadow shadowLastChange pwdLastSet
#filter group  (objectClass=Group)
#map    group  member           posixMember

# Mappings for Active Directory
#pagesize 1000
#referrals off
#idle_timelimit 800
#filter passwd (&(objectClass=user)(!(objectClass=computer))(uidNumber=*)(unixHomeDirectory=*))
#map    passwd uid              sAMAccountName
#map    passwd homeDirectory    unixHomeDirectory
#map    passwd gecos            displayName
#filter shadow (&(objectClass=user)(!(objectClass=computer))(uidNumber=*)(unixHomeDirectory=*))
#map    shadow uid              sAMAccountName
#map    shadow shadowLastChange pwdLastSet
#filter group  (objectClass=group)

# Alternative mappings for Active Directory
# (replace the SIDs in the objectSid mappings with the value for your domain)
#pagesize 1000
#referrals off
#idle_timelimit 800
#filter passwd (&(objectClass=user)(objectClass=person)(!(objectClass=computer)))
#map    passwd uid           cn
#map    passwd uidNumber     objectSid:S-1-5-21-3623811015-3361044348-30300820
#map    passwd gidNumber     objectSid:S-1-5-21-3623811015-3361044348-30300820
#map    passwd homeDirectory "/home/$cn"
#map    passwd gecos         displayName
#map    passwd loginShell    "/bin/bash"
#filter group (|(objectClass=group)(objectClass=person))
#map    group gidNumber      objectSid:S-1-5-21-3623811015-3361044348-30300820

# Mappings for AIX SecureWay
#filter passwd (objectClass=aixAccount)
#map    passwd uid              userName
#map    passwd userPassword     passwordChar
#map    passwd uidNumber        uid
#map    passwd gidNumber        gid
#filter group  (objectClass=aixAccessGroup)
#map    group  cn               groupName
#map    group  gidNumber        gid

nsswitch.conf - Name Service Switch configuration file

/etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd:      files ldap
shadow:      files ldap
group:       files ldap

# passwd:    db files nis
# shadow:    db files nis
# group:     db files nis

hosts:       files dns
networks:    files dns

services:    db files
protocols:   db files
rpc:         db files
ethers:      db files
netmasks:    files
netgroup:    files
bootparams:  files

automount:   files
aliases:     files

system-auth

vi /etc/pam.d/system-auth

auth            required        pam_env.so
auth            sufficient      pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok
auth            sufficient      pam_ldap.so minimum_uid=1000 use_first_pass
auth            required        pam_deny.so

account         required        pam_unix.so
account         sufficient      pam_ldap.so minimum_uid=1000 use_first_pass

password        required        pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3
password        required        pam_unix.so try_first_pass use_authtok nullok sha512 shadow
password        sufficient      pam_ldap.so minimum_uid=1000 use_first_pass
password        required        pam_deny.so

session         required        pam_limits.so
session         required        pam_env.so
session         required        pam_unix.so
session         sufficient      pam_ldap.so minimum_uid=1000 use_first_pass

Test the Setup

nslcd -d

Update the Default Run Levels

rc-update add nslcd default
rc-update add nscd default

Start the necessary Daemons

/etc/init.d/nslcd start
/etc/init.d/nscd start

Quota

32-bit Project Identifier Support

We need to enable 32-bit project identifier support (PROJID32BIT feature) for our naming scheme (uid numbers larger than 65'536), which is already the default on the stepping stone virtual machines: 

mkfs.xfs -i projid32bit=1 /dev/vg-local-01/var

Update /etc/fstab and Mount

Make sure, that you have user quota (uqota) and project quota (pquota) set as options on the chosen mount point in /etc/fstab. For example: 

LABEL=LV-VAR            /var            xfs             noatime,discard,inode64,uquota,pquota  0 2

reboot

Check, if everything went ok: 

df -h | grep var

/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var  1023G  220G  804G  22% /var

Verify

Some important options for xfs_quota:

  • -x: Enable expert mode.
  • -c: Pass arguments on the command line. Multiple arguments may be given.

Remount the file system /var and check, if /var has the desired values: 

xfs_quota -x -c state /var

As you can see (items marked bold), we have achieved our goal: 

User quota state on /var (/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var)
  Accounting: ON
  Enforcement: ON
  Inode: #131 (1 blocks, 1 extents)
Group quota state on /var (/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var)
  Accounting: OFF
  Enforcement: OFF
  Inode: #132 (1 blocks, 1 extents)
Project quota state on /var (/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var)
  Accounting: ON
  Enforcement: ON
  Inode: #132 (1 blocks, 1 extents)
Blocks grace time: [7 days 00:00:30]
Inodes grace time: [7 days 00:00:30]
Realtime Blocks grace time: [7 days 00:00:30]

User Quotas

Adding a User Quota

Set a quota of 1 Gigabyte for the user 4000187 (the values are in kilobytes, so 1048576 kilobyte are 1024 megabytes which corresponds to 1 gigabyte): 

xfs_quota -x -c 'limit bhard=1048576k 4000187' /var

Or in bytes: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'limit bhard=1073741824 4000187' /var

Read the quota information for the user 4000187: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'quota -v -N -u 4000187' /var

/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var                     0          0    1048576   00 [--------] /var

If the user has data in the project, that belongs to him, the result will change: 

/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var                512000          0    1048576   00 [--------] /var

Modifiying a User Quota

To modify a users quota, you just set a new quota (limit): 

xfs_quota -x -c 'limit bhard=1048576k 4000187' /var

Read the quota information for the user 4000187: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'quota -v -N -u 4000187' /var

/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var                     0          0    1048576   00 [--------] /var

If the user has data in the project, that belongs to him, the result will change: 

/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var                512000          0    1048576   00 [--------] /var

Removing a User Quota

Removing a quota for a user: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'limit bhard=0 4000187' /var

The following command should give you an empty result: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'quota -v -N -u 4000187' /var

Project (Directory) Quotas

Adding a Project (Directory) Quota

The XFS file system additionally allows you to set quotas on individual directory hierarchies in the file system that are known as managed trees. Each managed tree is uniquely identified by a project ID and an optional project name. We'll use the following values in the examples:

  • project_ID: The uid of the online backup account (4000187).
  • project_name: The uid of the online backup account (4000187). This could be a human readable name.
  • mountpoint: The mountpoint of the xfs-filesystem (/var). See the /etc/fstab entry from above.
  • directory: The directory of the project (187/4000187), starting from the mountpoint of the xfs-filesystem (/var).

Define a unique project ID for the directory hierarchy in the /etc/projects file (project_ID:mountpoint/directory): 

echo "4000187:/var/backup/187/4000187/home/4000187" >> /etc/projects

Create an entry in the /etc/projid file that maps a project name to the project ID (project_name:project_ID): 

echo "4000187:4000187" >> /etc/projid

Set Project: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'project -s -p /var/backup/187/4000187/home/4000187 4000187' /var

Set Quota (limit) on Project: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'limit -p bhard=1048576k 4000187' /var

Check your Quota (limit) 

xfs_quota -x -c 'quota -p 4000187' /var

Check the Quota:

  • -v: increase verbosity in reporting (also dumps zero values).
  • -N: suppress the initial header.
  • -p: display project quota information.
  • -h: human readable format. 
xfs_quota -x -c 'quota -v -N -p 4000187' /var

/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var                     0          0    1048576   00 [--------] /var

If you copied data into the project, the output will look something like: 

/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var                512000          0    1048576   00 [--------] /var

To give you an overall view of the whole system: 

xfs_quota -x -c report /var

User quota on /var (/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var)
                               Blocks                     
User ID          Used       Soft       Hard    Warn/Grace     
---------- -------------------------------------------------- 
root          1024000          0          0     00 [--------]
4000187             0          0    1048576     00 [--------]

Project quota on /var (/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var)
                               Blocks                     
Project ID       Used       Soft       Hard    Warn/Grace     
---------- -------------------------------------------------- 
4000187        512000          0    1048576     00 [--------]

Modifying a Project (Directory) Quota

To modify a project (directory) quota, you just set an new quota (limit) on the chosen project: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'limit -p bhard=1048576k 4000187' /var

Check your quota (limit) 

xfs_quota -x -c 'quota -p 4000187' /var

Removing a Project (Directory) Quota

Removing a quota from a project: 

xfs_quota -x -c 'limit -p bhard=0 4000187' /var

Chreck the results: 

xfs_quota -x -c report /var

User quota on /var (/dev/mapper/vg--local--01-var)
                               Blocks                     
User ID          Used       Soft       Hard    Warn/Grace     
---------- -------------------------------------------------- 
root           512000          0          0     00 [--------]
4000187             0          0       1024     00 [--------]

As you can see, the line with the Project ID 4000187 has disappeared: 

4000187        512000          0    1048576     00 [--------]

Don't forget to remove the project from /etc/projects and /etc/projid: 

sed -i -e '/4000187/d' /etc/projects
sed -i -e '/4000187/d' /etc/projid

Some important notes concerning XFS

  1. The quotacheck command has no effect on XFS filesystems. The first time quota accounting is turned on (at mount time), XFS does an automatic quotacheck internally; afterwards, the quota system will always be completely consistent until quotas are manually turned off.
  2. There is no need for quota file(s) in the root of the XFS filesystem.

prov-backup-rsnapshot

Install the prov-backup-rsnasphot daemon script using the package manager: 

emerge -va sys-apps/sst-prov-backup-rsnapshot

Configuration

If it is the first provisioning module running on this server (very likely) you first have to configure the provisioning daemon (you can skip this step if you have already another provisioning module running on this server)

Provisioning global configuration

The global configuration for the provisioning daemon applies to all provisioning modules running on the server. This configuration therefore contains information about the provisioning daemon itself and no information at all about the specific modules. 

/etc/Provisioning/Global.conf

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[Global]
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#If true the script logs warnings to the log-file.
LOG_WARNING = 1

#If true the script logs errors to the log-file.
LOG_ERR = 1


# The number of seconds to wait before retry contacting the backend server during startup.
SLEEP = 10

# Number of backend server connection retries during startup.
ATTEMPTS = 3

[Operation Mode]
# The number of seconds to wait before retry contacting the backend server in case of a service interruptions.
SLEEP = 30

# Number of backend server connection retries in case of a service interruptions.
ATTEMPTS = 3

[Mail]
# Error messages are sent to the mail configured below.
SENDTO = <YOUR-MAIL-ADDRESS>
HOST = mail.stepping-stone.ch
PORT = 587
USERNAME = <YOUR-NOTIFICATION-EMAIL-ADDRESS>
PASSWORD = <PASSWORD>
FROMNAME = Provisioning daemon
CA_DIR = /etc/ssl/certs
SSL = starttls
AUTH_METHOD = LOGIN

# Additionally, you can be informed about creation, modification and deletion of services.
WANTINFOMAIL = 1

Provisioning daemon prov-backup-rsnapshot module

The module specific configuration is located in /etc/Provisioning/<Service>/<Type>.conf. In the case of the prov-backup-rsnapshot module this is /etc/Provisioning/Backup/Rsnapshot.conf. (Note: Comments starting with /* are not in the configuration file, they are only in the wiki to add some additional information) 

# Copyright (C) 2013 stepping stone GmbH
#                    Switzerland
#                    http://www.stepping-stone.ch
#                    support@stepping-stone.ch
#
# Authors:
#  Pat Kläy <pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch>
#  
# Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1.
#
# You may not use this work except in compliance with the
# Licence.
# You may obtain a copy of the Licence at:
#
# http://www.osor.eu/eupl
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in
# writing, software distributed under the Licence is
# distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
# express or implied.
# See the Licence for the specific language governing
# permissions and limitations under the Licence.
#

/* If you want, you can override the log information from the global configuration file this might be useful for debugging */
[Global]
# If true the script logs every information to the log-file.
LOG_DEBUG = 1

# If true the script logs additional information to the log-file.
LOG_INFO = 1

#If true the script logs warnings to the log-file.
LOG_WARNING = 1

#If true the script logs errors to the log-file.
LOG_ERR = 1

/* Specify the hosts fully qualified domain name. This name will be used to perform some checks and also appear in the information and error mails */
ENVIRONMENT = <FQDN>
 
[Database]
BACKEND = LDAP
SERVER = ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.org
PORT = 636
ADMIN_USER = cn=Manager,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
ADMIN_PASSWORD = <PASSWORD>
SERVICE_SUBTREE = ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
COOKIE_FILE = /etc/Provisioning/Backup/rsnapshot.cookie
DEFAULT_COOKIE = rid=001,csn=
SEARCH_FILTER = (&(entryCSN>=%entryCSN%)(sstProvisioningState=0))

/* Specifies the service itself. As it is the prov-backup-rsnapshot module, the SERVICE is "Backup" and the TYPE is "Rsnapshot".
 * The MODUS is as usual selfcare and the TRANSPORTAPI is LocalCLI. This is because the daemon is running on the same host as the
 * backup accounts are provisioned and the commands can be executed on this host using the cli.
 * For more information about MODUS and TRANSPORTAPI see https://int.stepping-stone.ch/wiki/provisioning.pl#Service_Konfiguration
 */
[Service]
MODUS = selfcare
TRANSPORTAPI = LocalCLI
SERVICE = Backup
TYPE = Rsnapshot

SYSLOG = prov-backup-rsnapshot

/* For the TRANSPORTAPI LocalCLI there is no gateway required because there is no connection to establish. So set HOST, USER and
 * DSA_FILE to whatever you want. Don't leave it blank, otherwise the provisioning daemon would log some error messages saying
 * these attributes are empty 
 */
[Gateway]
HOST = localhost
USER = provisioning
DSA_FILE = none

/* Information about the backup itself (how to setup everything). Note that the %uid% int the RSNAPSHOT_CONFIG_FILE parameter will
 * be replaced by the accounts UID. The script CREATE_CHROOT_CMD was installed with the prov-backup-rsnapshot module, so do not
 * change this parameter. The quota parameters (SET_QUOTA_CMD, MOUNTPOINT, QUOTA_FILE, PROJECTS_FILE and PROJID_FILE) represent 
 * the quota setup as described on http://wiki.stoney-cloud.org/index.php/stoney_backup:_Server_set-up#Quota. If you followed this
 * manual, you can copy-paste them into your configuration file, otherwise adapt them according to your quota setup.
 */
[Backup]
RSNAPSHOT_CONFIG_FILE = /etc/rsnapshot/rsnapshot.conf.%uid%
SET_QUOTA_CMD = /usr/sbin/xfs_quota
CREATE_CHROOT_CMD = /usr/libexec/createBackupDirectory.sh
MOUNTPOINT = /var
QUOTA_FILE = /etc/backupSize
PROJECTS_FILE = /etc/projects
PROJID_FILE = /etc/projid

backup utils

Install the backup utils (multiple scripts which help you to manage and monitor your backup server and backup accounts) using the package manager. For more information about the scripts please see the stoney backup Service Software section. 

emerge -va sys-apps/sst-backup-utils

Configuration

Please refer to the configuration sections for the different scripts in stoney backup Service Software.

stoney backup Service Software

The stoney backup Service comes along with multiple scripts which help you to manage and monitor your backup server and accounts:

We use rsnapshot - remote filesystem snapshot utility for the actual snapshots and a handful of wrapper scripts, that do things like:

  • Read the users and their settings from the LDAP directory.
  • Execute rsnapshot according to the users settings.
  • Write the backup quotas backup (incoming), iterations (.snapshots) and free space to the users local backupSize file and update the LDAP directory.
  • Inform the reseller, customer or user (depending on the settings in the LDAP directory) via mail, if the quota limit has been reached.
  • Depending on the users settings in the LDAP directory, warning mail will be sent to the reseller, customer or user, if a backup was not executed on time.

writeAccountSize.pl

This script is installed to /usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeAccountSize.pl by the sys-apps/sst-backup-utils package and does the following:

  • Calculates the used disk space (backup and iterations) for a given account and writes the corresponding values to:
    1. The LDAP backend (used by the selfcare webinterface to display quota information):
      • Backup space used (sstBackupSize): The disk space the account uses for the backup itself (disk space used under the incoming folder of the users chroot-home directory)
      • Snapshot space used (sstIncrementSize): The disk space the account uses for the iterations (disk space under the .snapshot folder of the users chroot-home directory)
    2. The file etc/backupSize of the accounts chroot (used by the Sepiola Online Backup client):
  • Checks if the user and/or reseller must be notified that there is no more disk space left for the given account
    • Checks if the notification flag was passed, if not no notification will be triggered
    • Calculates the used disk space (backup and iterations) in percentage
    • Reads the notification threshold value from the LDAP backed
    • If the disk space used (in percentage) is bigger than the value retrieved from the LDAP backend start the notification process with
      • Product: Given account UID
      • Service: Backup
      • Problem: Quota
  • Pod documentation: 
NAME
    writeAccountSize.pl

DESCRIPTION
    This Script gets quota information from filesystem, size of incoming and
    snapshots directories, write the data to a file and the LDAP backend and
    sends an e-mail message for each account that is over quota to users
    e-mail address (from ldap directory) if notification flag is passed.

    The configuration file for this script is stored in the backup-utils
    configuration directory (/etc/backup-utils/) and is called
    writeAccountSize.conf.

    The script needs access to the quota program to get quota information.
    The script needs ldap access to get users e-mail address and quota
    information. The script uses syslog for logging purposes.

    Command Line Interface (CLI) parameters:

    -C configfile
        The configuration file.

    -U uid
        The user id.

    -n notification
        Start notification process if quota threshold is reached

    -d debug
        Turns the debug mode on.

    -h help
        This online help.

USAGE
    writeAccountSize.pl -U uid [-C configuration file ] []-d debug] [-h
    help] [-n]

CREATED
    2009-04-16 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch created

VERSION
    2009-04-16 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch created
    2009-04-30 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch changed position based quota
    output parsing with correctly parsed elements
    2009-06-15 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch added over quota check and
    sending e-mail
    2009-06-16 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch renamed script and make it
    more general usable (e.g. for online backup, online storage, ...)
    2009-06-17 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch changed mail message to read
    from a text file instead from configuration parameter
    2009-06-18 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch corrected wrong regex to
    weed out the asterisk (*) in getQuotaSize
    2009-06-19 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch corrected wrong evaluation
    success from subroutines and avoid message output when not in debug mode
    2009-06-22 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch getQuotaSize: return
    immediately if no quota was set
    2009-06-24 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch alert when used certain
    percentge of allowed space instead of more than allowed space
    2009-06-26 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch values are presented in
    Gigabytes within notification message
    2009-07-23 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch corrected wrong syslog
    severities for errors
    2009-07-24 michael.rhyner@stepping-stone.ch made e-mail address
    available within message body
    2013-08-19 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch write quota values also to the
    LDAP

INCORPORATED CODE
    Incorporate code with use:

        warnings;
        strict;
        Config::IniFiles;
        Getopt::Std;
        Sys::Syslog;
        File::Basename;
        Text::Template;
        POSIX;
        Notification;
        PerlUtil::Logging;
        PerlUtil::LDAPUtil;

Configuration

/etc/backup-utils/writeAccountSize.conf

[Global]
INCOMING_DIRECTORY = /incoming
ACCOUNT_SIZE_FILE = /etc/backupSize
SNAPSHOTS = 1

[Syslog]
SYSLOG = rsnapshot

[Directory]
LDAP_SERVER = ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.ch
LDAP_PORT = 636
LDAP_BIND_DN = cn=Manager,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
LDAP_BIND_PW = <password>
LDAP_BASE_DN = ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
LDAP_PERSON_BASE = ou=people,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
LDAP_RESELLER_BASE = ou=reseller,ou=configuration,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE = mail

[Notification]
EMAIL_SENDER = stepping stone GmbH Supprt <support@stepping-stone.ch>
EMAIL_ALERT_THRESHOLD = 85

Salutation_Default_de-CH = Liebe Kundin / Lieber Kunde
Salutation_m_de-CH = Sehr geehrter Herr
Salutation_f_de-CH = Sehr geehrte Frau
Salutation_Default_en-GB = Dear customer
Salutation_m_en-GB = Dear Mr.
Salutation_f_en-GB = Dear Mrs.

Tests

/usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeAccountSize.pl -U 4000080 -d

Debug modus was turned on

Debug sub checkUsersHomeDirectory: $localUsersHomeDirectory: /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080
Debug sub checkUsersHomeDirectory: The $localUsersHomeDirectory /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080 exists

Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localUsersHomeDirectory:   /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080
Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localUsersIncomingDirectory: /incoming
Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localIncomingPath:           /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming

Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: The $localIncomingPath /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming exists
Total Quota: 1048576 kilobytes
Total used Space: 0 kilobytes
Incoming Size: 0 kilobytes
Debug sub getSnapshotsSize: $localUsedQuota:   0
Debug sub getSnapshotsSize: $localSnapshotsSize:   0
Debug writeAccountSize: Working on /var/backup/080/4000080/etc/backupSize
Debug: wrote 1024 0 0 to /var/backup/080/4000080/etc/backupSize
DEBUG:  Successfully executed the following modifications for entry uid=4000080,ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,o=stepping-stone,c=ch: sstBackupSize => 0

DEBUG:  Successfully executed the following modifications for entry uid=4000080,ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,o=stepping-stone,c=ch: sstIncrementSize => 0

Alert Threshold: 85 %
Calculated value: 0

Now write some data (200 megaytes in this example) into the users incoming directory and then execute the script again: 

dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming/test.zeros bs=1024k count=200
chown 4000080:4000080 /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming/test.zeros
/usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeAccountSize.pl -U 4000080 -d

Debug modus was turned on

Debug sub checkUsersHomeDirectory: $localUsersHomeDirectory: /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080
Debug sub checkUsersHomeDirectory: The $localUsersHomeDirectory /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080 exists

Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localUsersHomeDirectory:   /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080
Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localUsersIncomingDirectory: /incoming
Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localIncomingPath:           /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming

Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: The $localIncomingPath /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming exists
Total Quota: 1048576 kilobytes
Total used Space: 204800 kilobytes
Incoming Size: 204800 kilobytes
Debug sub getSnapshotsSize: $localUsedQuota:   204800
Debug sub getSnapshotsSize: $localSnapshotsSize:   0
Debug writeAccountSize: Working on /var/backup/080/4000080/etc/backupSize
Debug: wrote 1024 200 0 to /var/backup/080/4000080/etc/backupSize
DEBUG:  Successfully executed the following modifications for entry uid=4000080,ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,o=stepping-stone,c=ch: sstBackupSize => 209715200

DEBUG:  Successfully executed the following modifications for entry uid=4000080,ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,o=stepping-stone,c=ch: sstIncrementSize => 0

Alert Threshold: 85 %
Calculated value: 19.53125

Everything seems to be working fine!

snapshot.pl

This script is installed to /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl by the sys-apps/sst-backup-utils package and does the following:

  • Read interval parameter value passed
    • The interval parameter value can be daily, weekly, monthly (or yearly)
  • Find all backup active accounts for which the rsnapshot command must be executed (depending on the given interval)
    • Filter to find these accounts: (&(sstBackupInterval<INTERVAL>=*)(sstIsActive=TRUE)) for example for the daily rsnapshot the filter is (&(sstBackupIntervalDaily=*)(sstIsActive=TRUE))
      • In other words this means: Get me all acounts that have for sstBackupInterval<INTERVAL> a value defined AND sstIsActive is set to "TRUE"
  • According to the interval given and the account UID calculate the rsnapshot command for all these accounts
    • For example
      • Account UID: 4000000
      • Interval: daily
      • Resulting rsnapshot command: /usr/bin/nice -n 19 /usr/bin/rsnapshot -c /etc/rsnapshot/rsnapshot.conf.4000000 daily (if you use the configuration below)
  • Execute all these commands
    • Use controlled parallel execution, you can specify how many commands can be executed in parallel (see configuration below)
  • Pod documentation: 
NAME
    snapshot.pl

DESCRIPTION
    This script gets all active online backup accounts from the LDAP backend
    for which the rsnapshot process for the given interval must be executed.
    According to these accounts and the given interval, the commands to be
    executed are generated and finally executed. The commands can be
    executed in parallel, however there is a limit defined in the
    configuration file which limits the amount of parallel running
    processes.

USAGE
    ./snapshot.pl --interval interval [--debug] [--help]

OPTIONS
    --interval/-i interval
        Specifies the rsnapshot interval (can be hourly, daily, weekly,
        monthly or yearly)

    --debug/-d
        Turns on debug mode

    --help/-h
        Shows this help

CREATED
    2012-03-19 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch created

VERSION
    2012-03-19 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch created

INCORPORATED CODE
    Incorporated code with use:

        warnings;
        strict;
        Getopt::Long;
        Sys::Syslog;
        PerlUtil::Logging;
        PerlUtil::LDAPUtil;
        File::Basename;
        Parallel::ForkManager;
        Time::Stopwatch;

Configuration

There are two things to do in this step:

  • Configure the rsnapshot root directory
  • Configure the snapshot.pl script itself

rsnaphot configuration directory

The users individual rsnapshot configurations are stored under /etc/rsnapshot. Please make sure, that the directory exists: 

ls -al /etc | grep rsnapshot

drwx------  2 root   root      64 30. Aug 20:20 rsnapshot

If not, create it: 

mkdir /etc/rsnapshot
chmod 700 /etc/rsnapshot

snapshot.pl Configuration

The snapshot.pl script is responsible for the execution of rsnapshot according to the users settings. 

/etc/backup-utils/snapshot.conf 

[General]
MaxParallelProcesses = 5
Rsnapshot_command = /usr/bin/nice -n 19 /usr/bin/rsnapshot  -c /etc/rsnapshot/rsnapshot.conf.%uid% %interval%

[LDAP]
Host = ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.ch
Port = 636
User = cn=Manager,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
Password = <Password>
CA_Path = /etc/ssl/certs
Accounts_Base = ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org

Legend: At runtime the following placeholders are replaced as follows

  • %uid%: The backup account and login uid as a numeric number. For example: 4000205.
  • %interval%: The backup level to be executed. Possible values are hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly.

Tests

Before adding the necessary cronjob entries, we need to make sure, that we've configured the snapshot.pl script correctly: 

/usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval daily -d

If everything worked as planned, you should receive feedback looking roughly like: 

INFO:  Starting rsnapshot for interval daily with maximum 5 parallel processes

INFO:  Executing snapshot for 4000080

INFO:  Executing snapshot for 4000079

INFO:  Snapshot process for 4000079 finished in 0.18 seconds with status 0

INFO:  Snapshot process for 4000080 finished in 0.19 seconds with status 0

INFO:  rsnapshot for all backups done. Took 0.24 seconds

Just to make sure, that everything did work out fine, execute writeAccountSize.pl again: 

/usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeAccountSize.pl -U 4000080 -d

Debug modus was turned on

Debug sub checkUsersHomeDirectory: $localUsersHomeDirectory: /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080
Debug sub checkUsersHomeDirectory: The $localUsersHomeDirectory /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080 exists

Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localUsersHomeDirectory:   /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080
Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localUsersIncomingDirectory: /incoming
Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: $localIncomingPath:           /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming

Debug sub checkUsersIncomingDirectory: The $localIncomingPath /var/backup/080/4000080/home/4000080/incoming exists
Total Quota: 1048576 kilobytes
Total used Space: 409600 kilobytes
Incoming Size: 204800 kilobytes
Debug sub getSnapshotsSize: $localUsedQuota:   409600
Debug sub getSnapshotsSize: $localSnapshotsSize:   204800
Debug writeAccountSize: Working on /var/backup/080/4000080/etc/backupSize
Debug: wrote 1024 200 200 to /var/backup/080/4000080/etc/backupSize
DEBUG:  Successfully executed the following modifications for entry uid=4000080,ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,o=stepping-stone,c=ch: sstBackupSize => 209715200

DEBUG:  Successfully executed the following modifications for entry uid=4000080,ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,o=stepping-stone,c=ch: sstIncrementSize => 209715200

Alert Threshold: 85 %
Calculated value: 39.0625

As you can see, the total used space has risen to 39.0625.

Cronjobs

After making sure, that everything worked as planned, you can update your crontab entry: 

crontab -e

...
# Rsnapshot for all users
30 22 * * * /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval daily
15 22 * * sun /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval weekly
00 22 1 * * /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval monthly
...
  • TBD: Maybe this is not optimal if there is a lot of data to rotate. In this case, it might be that for example weekly and daily snapshot both run at the same time what might lead to strange results.
  • Workarounds:
    • Simple/short version: Instead one could create another wrapper script which is called everyday and does some simple logic:
    • Is today the first day of a month?
      • Yes: Is today sunday?
        • Yes: Execute monthly then weekly then daily rsnapshots using the snapshot.pl script (but wait for each interval to finish before starting the next)
        • No: Execute monthly then daily rsnapshots using the snapshot.pl script (but wait for monthly interval to finish before starting the daily)
      • No: Is today sunday?
        • Yes: Execute weekly then daily rsnapshots using the snapshot.pl script (but wait for weekly interval to finish before starting the daily)
        • No: Execute daily rsnapshots using the snapshot.pl script
    • Complex/long version: Adapt the snapshot.pl script and call it every day without interval parameter. The script does the logic described above.

This avoids the above mentioned collision

(Complex) / short version: rule via cronjobs: 

# Rsnapshot for all users
30 22 * * 1-6 [ $( date +\%d ) -gt 1 ] && /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval daily
15 22 * * 7 [ $( date +\%d ) -gt 1 ] && /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval weekly && /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval daily
00 22 1 * * /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval monthly && /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval weekly && /usr/libexec/backup-utils/snapshot.pl --interval daily
...

scheduleWarning.pl

This script is installed to /usr/libexec/backup-utils/scheduleWarning.pl by the sys-apps/sst-backup-utils package and does the following:

  • The basic task of this script is simple: For the given account
    • Check if the planned backups were started
      • If not, start the notification process with
        • Product: Given account UID
        • Service: Backup
        • Problem: Schedule
    • Check if the planned backups finished successfully
      • If not, start the notification process with
        • Product: Given account UID
        • Service: Backup
        • Problem: Unsuccessful

As the backup clients distributed by stepping stone GmbH upload metadata XML before (scheduling information and start time) and after (end time and backup status) the actual backup, the scheduleWarning.pl script is able to verify whether or not a planned backup has been executed and whether or not the backup was successful.

  • Pod documentation 
NAME
    scheduleWarning.pl

DESCRIPTION
    This script tests whether a planed backup was successful or not. There
    are two different typs of failure.

    1. The Backup did not start
        The first type of error is that a backup is scheduled for YYYY-MM-DD
        at HH:MM, but the backup don't start at this specified time. A
        possible reason could be that the computer was shut down.

    2.The backup was not successful
        The second type of error is that a backup started as scheduled but
        did not finish successfully. There are different reasons for this
        error.

    If a backup wasn't successful the script checks which type of error
    occured. It reads the XML files which are stored on the server and
    compares the given information. If the error is detected, the script
    stats the norification process with the information of the error.

    If a user has more than one computer backed-up, the script tests one
    computer after the other. The mail(s) sent by the programm also
    contain(s) the information which computer is affected.

OPTION
    -U uid
        The -U option is required to run the script, it indicates for which
        uid the script is executed.

USAGE
    scheduleWarning.pl [-U user]

CREATED
    2010-04-14 created Pat Kläy <pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch>

VERSION
    2010-04-14 v0.01, created pkl
    2010-08-24 v0.02, modified pkl
        New using Net::SMTP::TLS to send mails

    2013-09-13 v0.03, modified pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch
        Changes to use the script with the new backup infrastructure (read
        more information from LDAP, use Notification lib to send mails)

USES
    strict;
    warnings;
    XML::Simple;
    Config::IniFiles;
    XML::Validator::Schema;
    Date::Calc qw(:all);
    Date::Manip;
    Schedule::Cron::Events;
    DateTime::Format::Strptime;
    Sys::Syslog;
    XML::SAX::ParserFactory;
    Getopt::Std;
    MIME::Base64;
    Authen::SASL;
    Net::LDAPS;
    Net::SMTP::TLS;
    Cwd 'abs_path';
    PerlUtil::Logging;
    PerlUtil::LDAPUtil;

Configuration

/etc/backup-utils/scheduleWarning.conf

[Backup]
CHROOT_DIRECTORY = /var/backup/%lastthree%/%user%

[XML]
SCHEDULE_FILE = %homeDirectory%/incoming/%computerName%/.sepiola_backup/scheduler.xml
SCHEDULE_XSD = /etc/backup-utils/schema/scheduler_schema.xsd
BACKUP_ENDED_FILE = %homeDirectory%/incoming/%computerName%/.sepiola_backup/backupEnded.xml
BACKUP_ENDED_XSD = /etc/backup-utils/schema/backupended_schema.xsd
BACKUP_STARTED_FILE = %homeDirectory%/incoming/%computerName%/.sepiola_backup/backupStarted.xml
BACKUP_STARTED_XSD = /etc/backup-utils/schema/backupstarted_schema.xsd

[TEMPLATE]
Salutation_Default_de-CH = Liebe Kundin / Lieber Kunde
Salutation_m_de-CH = Sehr geehrter Herr
Salutation_f_de-CH = Sehr geehrte Frau
Salutation_Default_en-GB = Dear customer
Salutation_m_en-GB = Dear Mr.
Salutation_f_en-GB = Dear Mrs.

[LDAP]

SERVER = ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.ch
PORT = 636
DEBUG = 1

ADMIN_DN = cn=Manager,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org 
ADMIN_PASSWORD = <Password>

BACKUP_BASE = ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
PEOPLE_BASE = ou=people,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
RESELLER_BASE = ou=reseller,ou=configuration,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
SCOPE = sub

checkBackups.pl

This script is installed to /usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeDate.pl by the sys-apps/sst-backup-utils package. It is a wrapper around the above mentioned writeAccountSize.pl and scheduleWarning.pl scripts (if you configure it accordingly).

  • As mentioned the script is a wrapper for calling the quota and scheduler information scripts:
    • It gets all active backup accounts from the LDAP directory
    • According to the CLI parameters passed it calles for all these accounts:
      • The quota checking script (this script can be defined in the configuration file, see configuration section below)
      • The scheduler checking script (this script can be defined in the configuration file, see configuration section below)
  • Pod documentation: 
NAME
    checkBackups.pl

DESCRIPTION
    This script processes all active backup accounts and checks (according
    to the command line options) the quota and/or the scheduled backups for
    the given accounts.

    The script uses syslog for logging purposes.

    Command Line Interface (CLI) parameters:

OPTIONS
    --schedule/-s
        Checks schedule information by calling the defined script

    --quota/-s
        Checks the quota values by calling the defined script

    --notify/-n
        Passes the notify flag to the called scripts

USAGE
    ./checkBackups.pl [--quota] [--schedule] [--notify]

    ./checkBackups.pl --quota
        Checks and writes the quota for all active backup accounts. The user
        and/or reseller will NOT be informed if any quota threshold is
        reached

    ./checkBackups.pl --quota --notify
        Checks and writes the quota for all active backup accounts. The user
        and/or reseller will be informed if any quota threshold is reached.

    ./checkBackups.pl --schedule
        Checkes all active backup account if the scheduled backup was
        executed and successful. The --schedule option will allways trigger
        a notification mail to the user and/or reseller.

    ./checkBackups.pl --schedule --quota
        Checks both, quota and schedule, for all active backup accounts.
        Only schedule will trigger notification mails.

    ./checkBackups.pl --schedule --quota --notify
        Checks both, quota and schedule, for all active backup accounts.
        Both, quota and schedule, will trigger notification mails.

CREATED
    2013-09-17 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch created

VERSION
    2013-09-17 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch created
    2013-11-19 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch Added options to be able to check
    quota, schedule or both in one run

INCORPORATED CODE
    Incorporated code with use:

        warnings;
        strict;
        Getopt::Long;
        Sys::Syslog;
        Cwd 'abs_path';
        File::Basename;
        PerlUtil::LDAPUtil;
        PerlUtil::Logging;

Configuration

In the configuration you have to define two simple things:

  1. Which script to call for quota checks and scheduler checks
  2. How to access the LDAP backend 
/etc/backup-utils/checkBackups.conf

[Scripts]
CheckQuotaScript = /usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeAccountSize.pl
CheckScheduleScript = /usr/libexec/backup-utils/scheduleWarning.pl

[LDAP]
Server = ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.ch
Port = 636
Username = cn=Manager,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org
Password = <PASSWORD>
AccountBase = ou=accounts,ou=backup,ou=services,dc=stoney-cloud,dc=org

Cronjobs

As you can pass the notification flag to the scripts, you can call the quota script say all 10 minutes. This makes sense if followed the configuration section, as the writeAccountSize.pl script writes the quota values to the LDAP backend which will then be visible in the selfcare webinterface. Like that you have a more or less up to date quota representation in the selfcare webinterface. On the other side, you don't want to send notification mails to the user every 10 minutes. It might be enough to send them once a day, so the cronjobs may look like: 

# Check backups
15 12 * * * /usr/libexec/backup-utils/checkBackups.pl --schedule --quota --notify

# Write quota values every 10 minutes
*/10 * * * * /usr/libexec/backup-utils/checkBackups.pl --quota

ResellerBackupBilling.pl

This script is installed to /usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeDate.pl by the sys-apps/sst-backup-utils package. The pod documentation says all what needs to be said about this script.

  • Pod documentation 
NAME
    ResellerBackupBilling.pl

DESCRIPTION
    This script processes the reseller with the passed UID and creates a
    very simplistic backup-billing overview which then is sent to the
    address specified in the configuration file. The billing overview
    contains all backup accounts which belong to the given reseller as well
    as their quota. According to the billing plan specified in the
    configuration file, the script also calculates the price for each backup
    account.

    The script uses syslog for logging purposes.

    Command Line Interface (CLI) parameters:

OPTIONS
    --reseller/-r UID
        Process the reseller with this UID

    --debug/-d
        Turn on debug mode

    --help/-h
        Display this help

USAGE
    ./ResellerBackupBilling.pl --reseller UID [--debug] [--help]

    ./ResellerBackupBilling.pl --reseller 2000000
        This processes the reseller with the UID 200000 and sends the
        billing overview to the address specified in the configuration file

CREATED
    2014-01-24 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch created

VERSION
    2014-01-24 pat.klaey@stepping-stone.ch created

INCORPORATED CODE
    Incorporated code with use:

        warnings;
        strict;
        Getopt::Long;
        PerlUtil::LDAPUtil;
        PerlUtil::Logging;
        PerlUtil::Mail;
        Number::Format;
        File::Basename;
        Cwd 'abs_path';

Configuration

writeDate.pl

This script is installed to /usr/libexec/backup-utils/writeDate.pl by the sys-apps/sst-backup-utils package. This is a very simple script, it simply writes the current date and time to a file on the backup server before the rsnapshots rotates the backup. This date is used by the Sepiola Online Backup Client to display the iterations and their dates.

  • Pod documentation: 
NAME
    writeDate.pl

DESCRIPTION
    This script writes the current date and time into the file for each
    backup before the rsnapshots rotates the backup. This information is
    used by the Sepiola Online Backup Client.

    The configuration file for this script is stored under
    /etc/backup-utils/writeDate.conf

    The script uses syslog for logging purposes.

    Command Line Interface (CLI) parameters:

    -C configfile
        The configuration file.

    -U uid
        The user id.

    -d debug
        Turns the debug mode on.

    -h help
        This online help.

USAGE
    writeDate.pl [-C configuration_file] [-U uid] [-d debug] [-h help]

CREATED
    2007-09-16 michael.eichenberger@stepping-stone.ch created

VERSION
    2013-09-01 michael.eichenberger@stepping-stone.ch updated to reflect
    changes in the new backup environment

        2007-09-16 michael.eichenberger@stepping-stone.ch created

INCORPORATED CODE
    Incorporate code with use:

        warnings;
        strict;
        Config::IniFiles;
        Getopt::Std;
        Sys::Syslog;

Configuration

/etc/backup-utils/writeDate.conf

[Global]
BACKUP_DIRECTORY = /incoming
BACKUP_BACKUP_TIME_FILE = /.sepiola_backup/backupTime

[Syslog]
SYSLOG = rsnapshot

rsnapshot wrapper bash scripts

Links

  • OpenLDAP, an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
  • nss-pam-ldapd, a Name Service Switch (NSS) module that allows your LDAP server to provide user account, group, host name, alias, netgroup, and basically any other information that you would normally get from /etc flat files or NIS.
  • Gentoo Leitfaden zur OpenLDAP Authentifikation.
  • Centralized authentication using OpenLDAP.
  • openssh-lpk_openldap.schema OpenSSH LDAP Public Keys.
  • linuxquota Linux DiskQuota.
  • rsnapshot, a remote filesystem snapshot utility, based on rsync.
  • Jailkit, set of utilities to limit user accounts to specific files using chroot() and or specific commands. Also includes a tool to build a chroot environment.
  • Busybox BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. Useful to reduce the number of files (and thus the complexity) when building a chroot.
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