nback 0.1.16

nback
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Backups files and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) to AWS S3

version 0.1.16 2014-11-15

author: nandersson900@gmail.com


Features
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- backups any given files/directories
- uses mysqldump to take complete SQL dump of all mysql dbs
- uses pg_dump to take complete SQL dump of all postgresql dbs
- uses mongodump to take complete BSON dump of all mongodb dbs
- saves backups for 7 days back and the first of every month indefinitely
- choose between gzip and bzip2 compression algorithms for fastest or
smallest possible footprint
- notifies any given email address every time backup is done
- use bash shell for prettier log coloring


System requirements
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It might work with other versions of the software given below,
however this is what I've tested with.

- *nix-like environment
- bzip2 or gzip
- Python >= 2.7.3 (only dep. python-boto)
- MySQL >= 5.0 (optional)
- PostgreSQL >= 9.3 (optional)
- MongoDB >= 2.0.4 (optional)


Getting started
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- install python-boto if you haven't already (on Debian/Ubuntu, $ sudo
apt-get install python-boto)
- edit settings.py with your settings/credentials
- add a job to your crontab, and set it to run as often as you want backups