Provides Amanda Network Backup server and client configuration through Puppet
The amanda module allows specifying parameterized classes that will do most of the heavy lifting in a single definition (relying on sane defaults), or for more custom configuration the utility defines can be used directly. What follows is a minimal-effort configuration that trusts the module to figure out the details.
node 'backup.cat.pdx.edu' {
class { 'amanda::server':
configs => [ 'daily', 'archive' ],
configs_source => 'modules/data/amanda',
}
}
node 'client.cat.pdx.edu' {
class { 'amanda::client':
server => 'backup.cat.pdx.edu',
}
}
Of note is the configs_source
parameter. While the amanda module will
install and configure server and client machines, it does not yet attempt to build
amanda configs using puppet code. Rather, that legwork is still left up to the
administrator, and the module will only ensure that the files which comprise
the config are present on the server.
If you need to create configs from templates or other sources, then by setting
manage_configs_source
to false
will disable extraction via the mechanism
below, you are then free to assign puppet file resources as appropriate to
create your configs.
Additional parameters are available for both the amanda::server
and
amanda::client
classes which are not documented here. At present the only
way to look up how to use them is to read the source.
Use the following Puppet DSL code to ensure the "daily" and "archive" configs are created on an amanda backup server.
node 'backup.cat.pdx.edu' {
file { '/etc/amanda':
ensure => directory;
}
amanda::config { 'daily':
ensure => present,
configs_source => 'modules/data/amanda',
configs_directory => '/etc/amanda',
}
amanda::config { 'archive':
ensure => present,
configs_source => 'modules/data/amanda',
configs_directory => '/etc/amanda',
}
}
Then place your config files in the "files" directory of the module specified
with the configs_source
parameter. For the code above, files that make up
the "archive" and "daily" amanda configs should be placed in the data
module
as per this example:
data
|-- files
| `-- amanda
| |-- daily
| | |-- amanda.conf
| | |-- chg-multi.conf
| | |-- disklist
| | `-- label-templates
| | |-- 3hole.ps
| | |-- 8.5x11.ps
| | |-- DIN-A4.ps
| | |-- DLT-A4.ps
| | |-- DLT.ps
| | |-- EXB-8500.ps
| | |-- HP-DAT.ps
| | `-- tapetypes.conf
| `-- archive
| |-- amanda.conf
| |-- chg-scsi.conf
| |-- disklist
| `-- dumptypes.conf
|-- LICENSE
`-- README
The contents of the config
directory ("daily" or "archive") will be synced
as file resources to the location specified with the configs_directory
specified in the amanda::config
resource. For the example above, the files
will be synced to the agent system as:
/
|-- etc
| |-- amanda
| | |-- daily
. | | |-- amanda.conf
. . | |-- chg-multi.conf
. . | |-- disklist
. | `-- label-templates
| |-- 3hole.ps
| |-- 8.5x11.ps
| |-- DIN-A4.ps
| |-- DLT-A4.ps
| |-- DLT.ps
| |-- EXB-8500.ps
| |-- HP-DAT.ps
| `-- tapetypes.conf
`-- archive
|-- amanda.conf
|-- chg-scsi.conf
|-- disklist
`-- dumptypes.conf
Besides the primary classes amanda::server
and amanda::client
, three utility
defines are included in the module.
Amanda::Amandahosts
The amanda::amandahosts
type manages the .amandahosts file, which controls
access to amanda services. The important parameter to this resource is
content
, and the user must specify the full access line to include. For
example,
amanda::amandahosts { 'replicator-amdump':
content => "replicator.cat.pdx.edu backup amdump",
}
Amanda::Config
The amanda::config
type synchronizes a directory of files in a given module to
a client. A more detailed example is given in the preceding section.
amanda::config { 'daily':
ensure => present,
configs_source => 'modules/data/amanda',
configs_directory => '/etc/amanda',
}
Amanda::Ssh_authorized_key
The amanda::ssh_authorized_key
type is a convenience define used to install
ssh authentication on an amanda client. The important parameter for this type
is key
.
amanda::ssh_authorized_key { 'replicator':
key => hiera('pubkey/backup@replicator'),
}
Amanda::Disklist::Dle
The amanda::disklist::dle
type is used to add/remove disk list entries
from the Amanda disklist(5) file, which is used by Amanda to determine which
disks will be backed up.
Requirements:
storeconfigs
must be enabledamanda::config
must be used to synchronize configuration files with themanage_dle
parameter set to true
, i.e. manage_dle => true
. Thisamanda::config
if more than one has been configured.amanda::disklist::dle { '/etc':
configs => 'daily',
dumptype => 'dumptype',
}
amanda::disklist::dle { '/var':
configs => [ 'daily', 'weekly' ],
dumptype => 'dumptype',
}
The module does not include tests
The module does not allow overriding of the client/server package name(s)