rsnapshot

Ansible role. Install and configure rsnapshot.

Feel free to share your feedback and report issues.

Contributions are welcome.

Requirements and dependencies

Roles

• vbotka.ansible_lib

Collections

• community.general

Role Variables

See the defaults and examples in vars.

By default there are no backup points defined by variables rsnapshot_backup_points and rsnapshot_backup_points_test. At least one backup point must be defined. Otherwise rsnapshot will fail with the error:

ERROR: At least one backup point must be set. rsnapshot can not continue.

Workflow

Install role

shell> ansible-galaxy install vbotka.rsnapshot

Create playbook and inventory

shell> cat rsnapshot.yml
- hosts: webserver
  roles:
    - vbotka.rsnapshot

Test syntax

shell> ansible-playbook rsnapshot.yml --syntax-check

Install packages

shell> ansible-playbook rsnapshot.yml -t rsnapshot_pkg -e rsnapshot_install=true

Dry-run the play and display changes

ansible-playbook rsnapshot.yml --check --diff

Run the play

ansible-playbook rsnapshot.yml

Ansible lint

Use the configuration file .ansible-lint.local when running ansible-lint. Some rules might be disabled and some warnings might be ignored. See the notes in the configuration file.

shell> ansible-lint -c .ansible-lint.local

License

Author Information

Vladimir Botka