https://gitlab.com/MartinBoehmer/hc-volume-backup

Bash script to backup Hetzner Cloud Volumes. Automatically creates volumes for backups and maintains a defined number of them.
https://gitlab.com/MartinBoehmer/hc-volume-backup

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Bash script to backup Hetzner Cloud Volumes. Automatically creates volumes for backups and maintains a defined number of them.

• Host: gitlab.com
• URL: https://gitlab.com/MartinBoehmer/hc-volume-backup
• Owner: MartinBoehmer
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2019-12-07T11:47:51.991Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T21:02:32.371Z (5 months ago)
• Stars: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG
  • License: LICENSE

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# About

Bash script to backup Hetzner Cloud Volumes. Automatically creates volumes for backups and maintains a defined number of them.

Steps performed:

1.  Query details about source volume

2.  Create and mount new volume (target volume, size is source volume size + 1)

3.  Copy source volume content to target volume (rsync)

4.  Unmount target volume

5.  Delete old backup volumes, if there are more than the maximum number to keep (see configuration)

# Installation

## Prerequisites

The following packages need to be installed for the script to run.

* Git

* [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)

* rsync

## Installation procedure

1.  Clone this repository

2.  Copy `example.config`, e. g. to `job1.config`, and adjust the settings

3.  Make sure `job1.config` is only readable to users performing the backup

# Usage

`backup.sh `

## Example

`cd ~/hc-volume-backup`

`./backup.sh job1.config`