Chef-Bareos Cookbook

This cookbook installs and configures backups based on Bareos.

Requirements

This cookbook has been tested with RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu systems. It should work with Chef 11 and Chef 12 configurations, if not please file a bug report and it will be addressed. The chef-bareos cookbook is still undergoing some feature additions so it is recommended to watch for changes to the README.

Attributes

Database

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
["bareos"]["database_type"]	Specify the database type	string	'postgresql'
["bareos"]["dbdriver"]	Specify the database driver	string	'postgresql'
["bareos"]["dbname"]	Specify the database default name	string	'bareos'
["bareos"]["dbuser"]	Specify the db user name	string	'bareos'
["bareos"]["dbpassword"]	Specify the db password	string	''
["bareos"]["dbaddress"]	Specify the db address	string

General

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
['bareos']['url']	Base URL for Bareos Repository	string	'http://download.bareos.org/bareos/release'
['bareos']['version']	Software Version	string	'latest'

Storage Daemon

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
['bareos']['tape']	Enable Tape Features	boolean	false

Clients/Hosts

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
['bareos']['clients']	Monitor Clients	array	[]
['bareos']['enable_vfulls']	Activate basic Virtual Full Backups	boolean	false
['bareos']['host_pools']	Seperate Host Pools	boolean	false
['bareos']['custom_host_pools']	Custom Host Pools	boolean	nil
['bareos']['host_full_pool']	Custom Full Pool	string	'test-pool-Full'
['bareos']['host_incremental_pool']	Custom Incremental Pool	string	'test-pool-Inc'
['bareos']['host_differential_pool']	Custom Differential Pool	string	'test-pool-Diff'

Director

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
['bareos']['dir_port']	Network Port for Director	number	9101
['bareos']['dir_max_concurrent_jobs']	Max concurrent jobs for director	number	20

Subscription Management (Director)

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
['bareos']['dir_subscription']	Support Subscription Status	boolean	nil/False
['bareos']['dir_subs']	Subscription Level/Count	number	nil

Basic Usage

Roles

bareos_base role (install the bareos client backup by default)

You need to create a base role called bareos_base like this:

{
  "name": "bareos_base",
  "description": "Base Role for chef-bareos Cookbook, used in searches, throws down sources for installs",
  "json_class": "Chef::Role",
  "default_attributes": {
  },
  "override_attributes": {
  },
  "chef_type": "role",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[bareos]"
  ],
  "env_run_lists": {
  }
}

This role has to be applied to all your clients so they can be backed up by this cookbook.

bareos_server role (install the bareos server for backups)

For the server, you need a role named bareos_server, for example :

{
  "name": "bareos_server",
  "description": "Bareos Server Role",
  "json_class": "Chef::Role",
  "default_attributes": {
  },
  "override_attributes": {
  },
  "chef_type": "role",
  "run_list": [
    "role[bareos_base]",
    "recipe[bareos::server]",
    "recipe[bareos::database]",
    "recipe[bareos::storage]",
    "recipe[bareos::workstation]"
  ],
  "env_run_lists": {
  }
}

You need to run chef-client on the backup server every time you add a new node. All job will be automatically create for you.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

License

Copyright 2014 Léonard TAVAE

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Authors

• Léonard TAVAE
• Ian Smith
• Gerhard Sulzberger