Ansible Role: rsnapshot

This role installs and configures rsnapshot on Debian-based systems.

Requirements

This role has been tested on Debian 11 (Bullseye) and should work on other Debian-based systems.

Role Variables

All variables are defined with their default values in defaults/main.yml. An exhaustive description of the variables is available in criteria/variables.json. Here are a few notable variables:

Variable	Default Value	Description
rsnapshot_snapshot_root	/var/lib/rsnapshot	Root directory for storing snapshots.
rsnapshot_retains	{"hourly": 6, "daily": 7, "weekly": 4, "monthly": 12 }	Retention policy for snapshots.
rsnapshot_backups	[]	Array of backup configurations. See example below.
rsnapshot_backup_scripts	[]	Array of scripts to execute before backups.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: backupservers
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: glenux.rsnapshot
      vars:
        rsnapshot_backups:
          - remote:
              user: backupuser
              host: 192.168.1.10
              paths:
                - /etc
                - /home
            local: server1
          - remote:
              user: backupuser
              host: 192.168.1.11
              paths:
                - /var/www
            local: server2
        rsnapshot_backup_scripts:
          - /usr/local/bin/mysql_backup.sh
          - /usr/local/bin/postgres_backup.sh

License

This project is licensed under the BSD License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author Information

This role was created by glenux.