This pages contains all necessary information one needs to know about the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon.

The daemon "communicates" with the LDAP to let other processes know its current state. The important attributes therefore are sstProvisioningMode and sstProvisioningState in the given Backup-Account entry. The sequence is defined for adding, modifying or deleting an entry. The preconditions for all three modi are:

• sstProvisioningMode is set to add, modify or delete
• sstProvisioningState is set to 0
• sstProvisioningDate is set to 0 or the current date (format: YYYYMMDD)

Add

Precondition

...
sstProvisioningMode: add
sstProvisioningState: 0
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Step 1

...
sstProvisioningMode: adding
sstProvisioningState: 0
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Now the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon works on the given entry.

Step 2

As soon as the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon finished working on the given entry:

...
sstProvisioningMode: added
sstProvisioningState: YYYYMMDDThhmmssZ
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Modify

Precondition

...
sstProvisioningMode: modify
sstProvisioningState: 0
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Step 1

...
sstProvisioningMode: modifying
sstProvisioningState: 0
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Now the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon works on the given entry.

Step 2

As soon as the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon has finished working on the given entry:

...
sstProvisioningMode: modified
sstProvisioningState: YYYYMMDDThhmmssZ
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Delete

Precondition

...
sstProvisioningMode: delete
sstProvisioningState: 0
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Step 1

...
sstProvisioningMode: deleting
sstProvisioningState: 0
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Now the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon works on the given entry.

Step 2

As soon as the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon finished working on the given entry:

...
sstProvisioningMode: deleted
sstProvisioningState: YYYYMMDDThhmmssZ
sstProvisioningDate: 0
...

Requirements

• A sandbox of the prov-backup-rsnapshot deamon:

cd /var/work
git clone --recursive https://github.com/stepping-stone/prov-backup-rsnapshot.git
cd /var/work/prov-backup-rsnapshot/Provisioning/etc/Provisioning/
ln -s ../../../etc/Provisioning/Backup/ Backup
cd /var/work/prov-backup-rsnapshot/Provisioning/lib/Provisioning/
ln -s ../../../lib/Provisioning/Backup/ Backup

• A test configuration

cd /var/work/prov-backup-rsnapshot/Provisioning/etc/Provisioning/Backup/
cp -p Rsnapshot.conf.template Rsnapshot_test.conf
vi Rsnapshot_test.conf

Update the Database section accordingly

Test the daemon

• Open a terminal and login to the server
• Start the prov-backup-rsnapshot daemon in debug mode by typing:

/var/work/prov-backup-rsnapshot/Provisioning/bin/provisioning.pl -c /var/work/prov-backup-rsnapshot/Provisioning/etc/Provisioning/Backup/Rsnapshot_test.conf -g /var/work/prov-backup-rsnapshot/Provisioning/etc/Provisioning/Global.conf -d

• You can stop the deamon by sending SIGTERM (press Ctrl + C).