Openduckbill is a simple command line backup tool for Linux, which is capable of monitoring the files/directories marked for backups for any changes and transferring these changes either to a local backup directory or a remote NFS exported partition or to a remote ssh server using the very common, rsync command.
As a backup tool, openduckbill can operate in any one of the modes mentioned below:
- Maintain an exact copy of the source at the backup destination
- Maintain current and previous version of the source at the backup destination
Features
- Supports recursive and non-recursive backup of files/directories
- Does filesystem monitoring
- Openduckbill uses pyinotify for filesystem monitoring.
- Any directory marked for backup, will be monitored for changes, and the changes will be synced to the backup destination regularly.
- Three different modes of backup. Supports backup to
- Local directory
- NFS mount
- SSH server (using rsync over ssh)
- Include/exclude files/directories from backup
- Supports including/excluding files/directories from backup using pattern matches
- Supports maintaining current and previous versions of files at backup destination.
- In NFS backup mode, the NFS partition is auto mounted.
- Ability to remove files/directories which are not part of backup schedule from backup partition. (Currently this feature supported only in LOCAL and NFS backup modes.)
- Uses YAML based config file
- Easy to read and modify
- Uses GUI dialog box to display critical information
- Has built-in logging system
- Daemon mode and Non-daemon mode
- Extensive DEBUG info mode
- Fully client side application
- Minimal (or no) configuration required on server