do_backup.yaml

---
# do_backup.yaml

# Top level variables will be overridden by identically named variables
# within the hosts definitions.
logs:
  level: info    # Could be 'debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error', or 'critical'.
                 # Each file backup is logged at the 'info' level.
  dir: bk_logs   # Relative or absolute; files within are named "{host}/{timestamp}.log".
                 # Logs age out with the corresponding backups.

# target_dir can be an absolute path, or relative to the script's directory.
target_dir: backups

max_backups: 17  # older backups get removed
max_partials: 5  # incrementals between full backups
max_tail: 4      # controls how older backups are removed.

# excludes: a list of rsync "--exclude=" parameters to apply to every backup
# (unless overridden by an "excludes" list in the relevant "hosts" definition).
excludes:
  - /**/.cache/
  - /**/.ccache/
  - /**/cache/
  - /**/Cache/
  - /dev/
  - /proc/
  - /run/
  - /sys/

# Some flags to rsync:
#   -a   short for -r -l -p -t -g -o -D
#     -r  --recursive
#     -l  --links
#     -p  --perms
#     -t  --times
#     -g  --group
#     -o  --owner
#     -D  --devices and --specials
#   -H    --hardlinks
#   -A    --acls
#   -X    --xattrs
#   -x    --one-file-system
#   --del --delete-during; receiver deletes extraneous files from destination dirs

# Choose rsync flags depending on src and dst filesystem types.
# The first entry that matches both src and dst will be used; subsequent
# entries will be ignored.
rsync_opt_map:
  - src_fs_type: ['ext2', 'ext3', 'ext4']
    dst_fs_type: ['ext4']
    options: ['-a', '-H', '-A', '-X', '-x', '-v' ]

  - src_fs_type: [ 'fat32', 'ntfs', 'unknown', 'ext2', 'ext3', 'ext4' ]
    dst_fs_type: ['ext4', 'tmpfs']
    options: ['-a', '-H', '-A',       '-x', '-v' ]

uid: root

hosts:
  tarna:
      excludes:
        - /dev/
        - /proc/
        - /run/
        - /sys/
        - /**/ImapMail/
        - /smb/todd/trailsong.img.*
        - /smb/todd/trailsong.tgz
      data:
        - src: /home
          dst:  home
        - src: /root
          dst:  root
        - src: /etc
          dst:  etc
        - src: /backups
          dst:  backups
        - src: /var/spool/imap
          dst:  var_spool_imap
        - src: /var/lib/imap
          dst:  var_lib_imap
  lappy:
    uid: utoddl
    data:
      - src: /home/utoddl/src/neg
        dst:                  neg