README.md

@@ -1,36 +1,17 @@
 # borgwrapper
 Wrapper to simplify backups with borgbackup
 
------
-# Auto Installation
-
-Copy `config.example` to `config`  
-Edit `config with your settings`  
-Edit `systemd timer` files if you want to change backup timing  
-Follow instructions under Manual Installation to set up prerequisits for database dumps.
-
-Run `./install` from borgwrapper directory  
-
-This will install borgwrapper and create a basic setup using one config file. 
-From there you can modify as you want.
-* Create additional config files in `/etc/borgwrapper/`
-* Change systemd timer file(s)
-* Edit the log rotation
-* Other
-
------
-# Manual Installation
-
+# Installation
 Put the [script](src/borgwrapper) somewhere practical
 
     cp borgwrapper /usr/local/bin/borgwrapper
     chown root. /usr/local/bin/borgwrapper
     chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/borgwrapper
 
-## Configuration
-By default borgwrapper expects the configuration to be located at `/etc/borgwrapper/config`.  
-An example configuration file is included in [config.example](src/config.example).  
-Ensure restrictive permissions on this file as it exposes the passphrase.  
+# Configuration
+By default borgwrapper expects the configuration to be located at `/etc/borgwrapper/config`.
+An example configuration file is included in [config.example](src/config.example).
+Ensure restrictive permissions on this file as it exposes the passphrase.
 
     chown root. config
     chmod 600 config
@@ -39,10 +20,10 @@ To be able to dump special files there are a few things that need to be done.
 ### Installed package list
 Must have the package **apt-mark** installed.
 ### MySql Dump
-Must have the package **mysqldump** installed.  
-Must have `.my.cnf` configuration file in `/root` directory.  
+Must have the package **mysqldump** installed.
+Must have `.my.cnf` configuration file in `/root` directory.
 
-Create `.my.cnf` in `/root` directory:  
+Create `.my.cnf` in `/root` directory:
 
     [mysql]
     user="root"
@@ -56,8 +37,8 @@ Change permissions of `.my.conf`:
 
     chmod 600 /root/.my.conf
 
-## Scheduling
-### systemd
+# Scheduling
+## systemd
 Copy the example systemd [unit files](systemd/) to `/etc/systemd/system/`. Then for each
 configuration file in `/etc/borgwrapper/<config_name>` do:
 
@@ -89,6 +70,11 @@ The output will land in
 You can just drop files in the directory directly too, without editing via
 systemctl. This is better suited for configuration management systems.
 
+You can view the backup logs with:
+
+    journalctl -xu borgwrapper-backup@<config_name>
+    journalctl -xu borgwrapper-verify@<config_name>
+
 If you want to run the tasks manually outside the timers you can just start them like usual
 services:
 
@@ -146,14 +132,3 @@ Examples:
 
     (. /etc/borgwrapper/config; export BORG_PASSPHRASE; borg mount "$BORG_REPO" /mnt)
     (. /etc/borgwrapper/config; export BORG_PASSPHRASE; borg list "$BORG_REPO")
-    
-    
-# Miscellaneous
-
-## Multiple config files
-You may have multiple config files. Place all config files you want in `/etc/borgwrapper/config`
-Run `./install` from borgwrapper directory and it will update systemd to include the new config files
-
-## Logging
-The logs in `/var/log/borgwrapper` are by default rotated daily, keeping 5 logs.
-If you want to change that edit `/etc/logrotate/logrotate.d/borgwrapper.conf`

install

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
 # Copy borgwrapper to bin directory
-echo "Installing borgwrapper in: /usr/local/bin/"
 cp -i ./src/borgwrapper /usr/local/bin/borgwrapper
 chown root. /usr/local/bin/borgwrapper
 chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/borgwrapper
 
 # Make borgwrapper config directory and move config file
-echo "Making directory: /etc/borgwrapper"
 if [ ! -d /etc/borgwrapper/ ]; then
     mkdir /etc/borgwrapper
 fi
@@ -18,17 +16,13 @@ if [ ! -e ./config ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Copying config to: /etc/borgwrapper/config"
 cp -i ./config /etc/borgwrapper/config
 chown root. /etc/borgwrapper/config
 chmod 600 /etc/borgwrapper/config
 
 # Setup systemd
-echo "Setting up systemd"
-echo "Copying systemd timer and service unit files to: /etc/systemd/system/"
 cp ./systemd/*.{timer,service} /etc/systemd/system/
-
-echo "Enabling and starting backup and verify systemd timer units"
+ 
 for config_file in /etc/borgwrapper/*
 do
     config_file=$(basename ${config_file})
@@ -40,13 +34,10 @@ do
 done
 
 # Setup logrotate
-echo "Setting up logrotate for borgwrapper log files"
-echo "Creating directory: /var/log/borgwrapper/"
 if [ ! -d /var/log/borgwrapper ]; then
     mkdir /var/log/borgwrapper
 fi
 
-echo "Creating logrotate file: /etc/logrotate.d/borgwrapper"
 (
 cat <<EOF
 /var/log/borgwrapper/borgwrapper.log {
@@ -64,8 +55,7 @@ EOF
 # Done. Display some instructions.
 echo
 echo "Please edit \"/etc/borgwrapper/config\" to make changes to configuration."
-echo "You may have multiple configuration files. Please read documentation."
-echo 
+echo
 echo "Read \"README.md\" for more information."
 echo
 echo "Logs will be stored in \"/var/log/borgwrapper/*\""

src/borgwrapper

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ save_package_list () {
         mkdir -p "${PACKAGE_LIST_DIRECTORY}"
     fi
     
-    apt-mark showmanual > "${PACKAGE_LIST_DIRECTORY}package-list.txt" | log
+    apt-mark showmanual > "${PACKAGE_LIST_DIRECTORY}package-list.txt"
 }
 
 dump_sql () {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dump_sql () {
     fi
     log "Dumping mysql databases"
     for DB in $(mysql -u 'root' -e 'show databases' -s --skip-column-names); do
-        { mysqldump --single-transaction -u 'root' "${DB}" > "${MYSQL_DUMP_DIRECTORY}${DB}.sql.bak" | log; } || err "Error dumping mysql"
+        mysqldump --single-transaction -u 'root' "${DB}" > "${MYSQL_DUMP_DIRECTORY}${DB}.sql.bak" || err "Error dumping mysql"
     done
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dump_mongo () {
         then mkdir -p "${MONGODB_DUMP_DIRECTORY}/mongodump"
     fi
     log "Dumping mongo database"
-    { mongodump --out "${MONGODB_DUMP_DIRECTORY}/mongodump" | log; } || err "Error dumping mongo database"
+    mongodump --out "${MONGODB_DUMP_DIRECTORY}/mongodump" || err "Error dumping mongo database"
 }