joenyland.off_site_backup

Sets up off-site backups using ZFS and Syncoid.

Requirements

• SSH
• cron
• ZFS
• Sanoid

Role Variables

off_site_backup_tasks

A list of hashes, representing each off-site backup task.

off_site_backup_user

The user to create and use for off-site backups. This user will need ZFS permissions to allow backups.

The following permissions should be sufficient on the source host:

hold,send,snapshot,destroy

The following permissions should be sufficient on the destination host:

create,destroy,mount,receive,rollback

Dependencies

Roles:

• joenyland.zfs
• joenyland.ssh
• joenyland.sanoid

Example Playbook

- hosts: server,backup
  roles:
    - role: joenyland.off_site_backup
      vars:
        off_site_backup_tasks:
          - name: Off-site backup
            hour: 1
            minute: 0
            tasks:
              - source: syncoid@server:bpool
                destination: off-site/bpool

License

MIT

Author Information

⌨️ with ❤️ by Joe Nyland