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@@ -76,16 +76,20 @@ Configuring byteback-backup You can now set "byteback-backup" on a daily cron job to start backing up the server on a regular basis. -Without any further options this will copy every file from the root downwards, -excluding anything not on the same filesystem, i.e. kernel-based virtual -filesystems (/proc, /sys etc.) network filesystems (NFS, SMB) and tmpfs or -loopback mounts. To specify which filesystems to backup, add them to -/etc/byteback/sources, one per line. +Without any further options this will copy every file from the root downwards. -It currently excludes /var/cache/apt/archives, /swap.file and +It currently excludes /tmp, /var/tmp, /var/cache/apt/archives, /swap.file and /var/backups/localhost which (on Bytemark systems) do not need to be part of any backup. To specify which locations are excluded, add them to -/etc/byteback/excludes, one per line. +/etc/byteback/excludes, one per line. The filesystems /dev, /proc, /run and +/sys are always excluded. + +It is possible to configure a full rsync filter by creating the file +/etc/byteback/rsync_filter, which is parsed to rsync via the --filter flag. +Note that excludes on the command line take precedence, unless the filter +starts with an exclamation mark, which resets everything. If you do this, +you'll need to specify /proc, /sys, etc manually. See the rsync manpage for +more information about filters. When the backup has completed successfully, the server will take a snapshot so that the client can't alter the backups, and then "prune" the backup |