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## Synopsis:

This module works with [python-digitalocean](https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean) to allow you to rsync and snapshot your droplets with ease. **Great for hourly cron jobs!**

###### Works with posix (*nix, osx, cygwin)
Tested with Python 2.7.8(CYGWIN), 2.7.9(OS X/Linux), 3.4.3(OS X/Linux)


## How to install:

via pip

pip install -U python-digitalocean-backup

via source

python setup.py install


##### PyPI package
[https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-digitalocean-backup](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-digitalocean-backup)

##### Example backup script (backup.py):

```python
from digitaloceanbackup import *

for droplet in DigitalOcean().droplets:
Backup(
droplet=droplet,
ssh_user="root",
ssh_key="do_rsa",
remote_dirs=['/home', '/var/log', '/var/www'],
rsync_excludes=['cache', '.DS_Store', 'man3'],
snapshot_hour=2,
keep_snapshots=7,
debug=False
)

```

##### Example hourly cron job:
```sh
0 * * * * /usr/bin/python /Users/username/bin/backup.py
```

###### Requires:
[python-digitalocean>=1.5](https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean)

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