backups3

Ansible role to backup folders to tar.gz and copy them to amazon s3 bucket.

Requirements

You just need your ansible installation nothing more.

Role Variables

Variables in default.yml:

Configure local backup path where the role will generate the tar for the specified directories. local_backup_dir: /backups3

Configure environment for backups (demo, production, qa, etc)

customer: demo

AWS S3 bucket name

bucket_name: mybucket

Dictionary with each path to backup

    paths_to_backup:
      path1:
        path: /var/www
        tag: www
      path2:
        path: /var/test_backup
        tag: test

AWS credentials

aws_access_key: aws_access_key
aws_secret_key: aws_secret_key

AWS access and secret key for account. This user must have read/write permissions for S3 service.

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - backups3

License

GPL v3

Author Information

Daniela Torres Faria danielatorres@danielatorres.me www.danielatorres.me