atticinst

An installer for the backup program attic.

Run the script on the source and destination machines. The server will generate a new restricted user, set up attic, and prompt to exchange keys with the client. A sample backup script is installed on the client with everything preconfigured for unattended operation.

Includes the option to encrypt the attic key with a passphrase and store it on the server.

Tags: sysadmin

Usage

Usage:
  atticinst [options..]

Options:
 --client            Install as client
 --server            Install as server
                       Optionally accepts ATTICINST_USERNAME as an environment
                       variable to control the generated username.
 --dependencies      Install dependencies only
 --uninstall-client  Uninstall client from current user
 --backup-config     Re-prompt to backup client configuration
 --is-installed      Check for existence of metadata directory, sets 0/1 error
 --version           Display md5sum of installer script
 
 --munin-install     Install client plugins for munin-node
 --munin-uninstall   Uninstall client plugins for munin-node 
 --munin-{command} ["config"]  Run munin command
 
Directories:
 ~/.atticman/        Metadata directory (override with ATTICINST_DIR)

Changelog

2014-11-14: r97

• Feature: Munin-node integration
• Feature: Allow user-specified passphrases
• Feature: Allow custom metadata directory
• Feature: Add warning timer on uninstall in case of misconfigured metadata directory
• Feature: Add serverside logs of connection details and start/stop times
• Feature: --is-installed and --version options
• Enhancement: Copy installer in metadata directory
• Remove unneeded passphrase.raw for autogenerated passwords
• Reduce length of autogenerated passphrases
• Fix not detecting i486 uname
• ⬇️ atticinst_r97.tar.gz (4.86 KiB)

2014-08-25: r66

• Feature: Use attic static binaries instead of pip-3.2
• Feature: Option to backup client configuration at any time
• Enhancement: Verify hash for attic static binaries on amd64 and i386/i686
• Enhancement: Support entering host:port syntax instead of prompting to edit .ssh/config
• Enhancement: Guard against blank user/host entry
• ⬇️ atticinst_r66.tar.gz (3.42 KiB)

2014-08-25: r40

• Feature: Support setting custom username
• ⬇️ atticinst_r40.tar (10.00 KiB)

2014-08-24: r36

• Initial public release
• ⬇️ atticinst_r36.tar (10.00 KiB)

See Also

Attic homepage: https://attic-backup.org/ Attic on GitHub: https://github.com/jborg/attic