proxmox-backup

This ansible role :

• installs proxmox-backup-client on host
• copy a custom backup script

It has been successfully tested on :

• Debian "Bullseye" 11
• Debian "Bookworm" 12

Custom backup script

The custom script :

• copy & compress the entire system
• extract informations from your system (packages list, crontab, partition table, etc)
• can dump MySQL database(s), including routines/events/triggers
• can dump MariaDB database(s), including routines/events/triggers
• can dump PostgreSQL database(s)
• can dump Gitea data

All files are then send it to a custom Proxmox Backup Server.

Role variables

Variable	Type	Choices	Default	Comment
pbs_debian_release_name	string		bookworm
pbs_repo_key	string		https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg
pbs_repo_no_subscription	string		deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs-client {{ pbs_debian_release_name }} main
pbs_user	string			mandatory
pbs_server	string			mandatory
pbs_datastore	string			mandatory
pbs_fingerprint	string			mandatory
pbs_password	string			mandatory
backup_host_id	string
backup_dir	string			mandatory
backup_local_retention	string			mandatory
backup_path_include	list
backup_path_exclude	list
backup_mysql_enabled	boolean			uses mysqldump with routines/events/triggers
backup_mysql_host	string			optional
backup_mysql_user	string			optional
backup_mysql_password	string			optional
backup_mysql_docker_enabled	boolean		false	run mysql in docker
backup_mysql_docker_container	string			required if docker enabled
backup_mariadb_enabled	boolean			uses mariadb-dump with routines/events/triggers
backup_mariadb_host	string			optional
backup_mariadb_user	string			optional
backup_mariadb_password	string			optional
backup_mariadb_docker_enabled	boolean		false	run mariadb in docker
backup_mariadb_docker_container	string			required if docker enabled
backup_pgsql_enabled	boolean
backup_pg_host	string			optional
backup_pg_user	string			optional
backup_pg_password	string			optional
backup_pg_docker_enabled	boolean		false	run postgresql in docker
backup_pg_docker_container	string			required if docker enabled
backup_gitea_enabled	boolean		false	enable gitea dump
backup_gitea_config	string		/data/gitea/conf/app.ini	gitea app.ini path
backup_gitea_docker_enabled	boolean		false	run gitea dump in docker
backup_gitea_docker_container	string			required if docker enabled
backup_gitea_docker_workdir	string		/backup	container workdir where gitea dump is generated
backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir	string		{{ backup_dir }}/temp	host temp dir mounted in container
backup_cron_minute	int
backup_cron_hour	int

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

  - hosts: example
    ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}" # ignore errors only in check mode !

    roles:
      - { role: proxmox-backup, tags: ['proxmox-backup'] }

Example variables

---
pbs_user: 'my_user'
pbs_server: 'my_pbs_server:8007'
pbs_datastore: 'my_datastore'
pbs_fingerprint: 'aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:'
pbs_password: 'my_password'

backup_dir: /backup
backup_local_retention: 2

backup_path_include:
  - /etc
  - /var/www

backup_path_exclude:
  - /var/backups
  - *.log
  - cache/

backup_mysql_enabled: true
backup_mysql_host: ''
backup_mysql_user: ''
backup_mysql_password: ''
backup_mysql_docker_enabled: false
backup_mysql_docker_container: ''

backup_mariadb_enabled: true
backup_mariadb_host: ''
backup_mariadb_user: ''
backup_mariadb_password: ''
backup_mariadb_docker_enabled: true
backup_mariadb_docker_container: 'mariadb'

backup_pgsql_enabled: true
backup_pg_host: ''
backup_pg_user: ''
backup_pg_password: ''
backup_pg_docker_enabled: false
backup_pg_docker_container: ''

backup_gitea_enabled: true
backup_gitea_config: '/data/gitea/conf/app.ini'
backup_gitea_docker_enabled: true
backup_gitea_docker_container: 'gitea'
backup_gitea_docker_workdir: '/backup'
backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir: '/backup/temp'

backup_cron_minute: 30
backup_cron_hour: 5

License

MIT Modern

Author Information

Written by Ludovic Cartier ludovic.cartier@brainsys.io