Role Name

Create entry in user crontab for backuping a file every n minutes defined with role variables directory and filename to directory defined with backup_directory with timeframe defined with backup_minutes, and deleting entries older than delete_backup_days days

Role Variables

Should be overridden:

directory: "/home/{{ ansible_ssh_user}}"
filename: "backMeUp.test"
backup_directory: "/home/{{ansible_ssh_user}}/backups"

Only override if necessary:

backup_minutes: 5
delete_backup_days: 7
cronjob_backup: '*/{{ backup_minutes }} * * * * cp {{ directory }}/{{ filename }} {{ backup_directory }}/{{ filename }}`date +\%d\%m\%y\%H\%M`.bak > /dev/null'
cronjob_delete_old: '*/{{ backup_minutes }} * * * * find /home/{{ ansible_ssh_user }}/backups -mtime +{{ delete_backup_days }} -exec rm -f {} \;'

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: xtrinch.backup-file, 
            directory: "/home/{{ ansible_ssh_user}}",
            filename: "backMeUp.test",
            backup_directory: "/home/{{ansible_ssh_user}}/backups" }

License

MIT