#Backup target host

Setup a backup target host.

• define a working dir, eg. /opt/imlbackup/server - only some smaller logfiles will be generated there
• get sources as root
  • extract the files in the repo https://git-repo.iml.unibe.ch/iml-open-source/iml-backup-server OR
  • use git clone:
    cd /var
git clone https://git-repo.iml.unibe.ch/iml-open-source/iml-backup-server.git imlbackup
• add a non privileged user with a login shell; e.g “imlbackup”. Set the home directory to /opt/imlbackup/server
• Set owner on working dir: chown -R imlbackup /opt/imlbackup/server
• Set permissions: chmod 0700 imlbackup /opt/imlbackup/server
• create a ssh keypair for the backup user using ssh-keygen
• It needs diskspace capacity for all your systems you want to backup or you mount a storage
• define an backup endpoint, eg. /netshare/backup/ and set the owner to the backup user:
  • mkdir /netshare/backup/
  • chown imlbackup: /netshare/backup/
  • chmod 0700 /netshare/backup/

#Prepare backup client

TODO

• Put the ssh private key to all your devices you want to backup into [installdir]/keys/imlbackup@targethost
• Setup SSH connection for restic
  • Host: backup-host
  • User: imlbackup
  • key: [installdir]/keys/imlbackup@targethost
  • target dir: /netshare/backup/
  • enable register functionality: storage_helper.sh

Test: as root ssh -i [installdir]/keys/imlbackup@targethost imlbackup@backup-host