apt-get install -y rsnapshot
mv /etc/rsnapshot.conf /etc/rsnapshot.conf.org
cat < /etc/rsnapshot.conf
config_version 1.2
snapshot_root /media/backup/
logfile /var/log/rsnapshot.log
verbose 3
loglevel 3
cmd_preexec /bin/mount /media/backup
cmd_postexec /bin/umount /media/backup
#backup_script /usr/local/bin/backup_mysql.sh localhost/mysql/
cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync
rsync_long_args --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded --copy-links
cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh
ssh_args -F /home/foo/.ssh/config -i /home/foo/.ssh/id_rsa
interval daily 7
interval weekly 3
interval monthly 1
#exclude dev/*
exclude lost+found/*
exclude mnt/*
exclude proc/*
exclude run/*
exclude sys/*
exclude tmp/*
include_file ~/etc/backup-server-include.txt
exclude_file ~/etc/backup-server-exclude.txt
# backup remote server
backup root@www.example.com:/ srv/ +rsync_long_args=--exclude=export/* --exclude=media/*/.Trash* --exclude=video/*
# backup local server
backup / www.example.com/ +rsync_long_args=--exclude=mnt/* --exclude=media/* --exclude=var/lib/lxc/* --exclude=var/lib/lxcfs/*
# backup LXC containers
backup /var/lib/lxc www.example.com/
EOF
# backup-server-exclude.txt
/*
/var/*
/var/snap/*
/var/snap/lxd/*
/var/snap/lxd/common/*
/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/*
/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/database
# rsnapshot/backup-server-include.txt
/etc
/var
/var/snap
/var/snap/lxd
/var/snap/lxd/common
/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd
/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/database
rsnapshot -c /etc/rsnapshot.conf daily
Check configuration
rsnapshot configtest
Desktop starter
cat << EOF | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/rsnapshot.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Backup
Exec=rsnapshot daily
Icon=org.gnome.DejaDup
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Categories=Utility;Archiving;GNOME;GTK;X-GNOME-Utilities;
EOF
Links
https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Rsnapshot
http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/1.2/rsnapshot-HOWTO.en.html
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/rsnapshot