proxmox_backup_client

Ansible-Proxmox-Backup-Client

This role will install and configure the Proxmox Backup Client on Debian a based OS. Find Proxmox Backup Client documentation here. Proxmox Backup Client.

Vars

Variable Required Default Description
proxmox_backup Yes Dict containing your configuration for this role
.server Yes Dict containing the connection information for your Proxmox Backup Server.
.server.user Yes Username to access the PBS, ex. backup@pbs
.server.pass Yes Password or Token for the username provided.
.server.host Yes Hostname/FQDN/IP of the PBS.
.server.datastore Yes Datastore to store the backups.
.server.port No 8007 Custom port of the PBS API.
.server.fingerprint No Fingerprint of the server cert, found on the dashboard.
.client Yes Dict containing the client configuration for the PBC.
.client.archives Yes Array of items to backup.
.client.archives.name Yes Name of the archive file to upload, cannot have the '/' character.
.client.archives.path Yes Path to backup.
.client.archives.format Yes Common types are .pxar for file archives, and .img for block device images.
.client.encrypt No Dict containing client side encryption settings.
.client.encrypt.enable Yes No Enable or Disable client side encryption.
.client.encrypt.pass No Password for the Encryption Key, if password protected.
.client.encrypt.key Yes ~/.config/proxmox-backup/encryption-key.json Path to store the encryption key.
.client.encrypt.master No Path to local master-public.pem to copy to the client
.client.output No Dict containing stdout log formatting options.
.client.output.format No text Possible values are text, json, json-pretty.
.client.output.border No If set, will not render table borders.
.client.output.header No If set, will not render table headers.
.client.include_devices No Array of mount points to include, MPs are skipped by default.
.client.skip_lost_found No No skip lost+found directories.
.client.schedule.calendar No '*-*-* 4:00:00' Systemd Timer OnCalendar string, Default 4am Daily.
.client.schedule.runifmissed No No Trigger service if the last start time was missed.
.client.exclude No Array containting settings for .pxarexclude files.
.client.exclude[#].path Yes File path of .pxarexclude (Parent Folder).
.client.exclude[#].enabled Yes Create the exclusion file, delete if no.
.client.exclude[#].rules Yes Array of exclusion rules, can include an explicit inclusion.

Default

default_config:
  client:
    encrypt:
      enable: false
      key: ~/.config/proxmox-backup/encryption-key.json
    output:
      format: text
    skip_lost_found: no
    schedule:
      calendar: '*-*-* 4:00:00' # Daily at 4am
      runifmissed: no

Examples

All level Group Vars (YAML format).

pbs_global_server:
    user: backup@pbs
    pass: ProxmoxBackupPassword
    host: pbs.example.com
    datastore: backups
    fingerprint: 7f:f1:ee:...:3d:de:2b
pbs_global_client:
    skip_lost_found: yes
    exclude:
    - path: /
        rules:
        - /boot/*
        - /tmp/*
    - path: /var/
        rules: 
        - /run/*
        - /log/*.[0-9]
        - /log/*.[0-9].*
        - /log/**/*.[0-9]
        - /log/**/*.[0-9].*
    archives:
    - name: root
        path: /
        format: .pxar
    - name: boot
        path: /boot
        format: .pxar

Host Level Vars (YAML format).

pbs_client:
archives:
    - name: ssd
    path: /ssd
    format: .pxar
    - name: data
    path: /Data
    format: .pxar
exclude:
    - path: /ssd/qbit/
    rules:
        - /incomplete/*
    - path: /ssd/media/
    rules:
        - /_transcode/temp/*
        - /_transcode/log/*
        - /converted/*.jpg
        - /converted/*.mp4
        - /.Trash*

Merge Group defaults with Host overrides

pbs_global_client is an ALL group_var. pbs_client is a host_var. combine(pbs_client, recursive=true) will merge dictionaries. The dict inside the combine will take precedence over the piped dict. Can be chained.

    # Merge the arrays so one doesn't override the other.
  - name: Merge PBS Client Arrays
    set_fact:
      pbs_client_merged:
          archives: "{{ pbs_global_client.archives + pbs_client.archives }}"
          exclude: "{{ pbs_global_client.exclude + pbs_client.exclude }}"
  
  - name: Setup Proxmox Backup Client
    include_role:
      name: proxmox-backup-client
    vars:
      proxmox_backup:
        server: "{{ pbs_global_server }}"
        client: "{{ pbs_global_client | combine(pbs_client, recursive=true) | combine(pbs_client_merged, recursive=true) }}"
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Ansible role to install and configure the Proxmox Backup Client.

Install
ansible-galaxy install notmycloud/ansible-proxmox-backup-client
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