Re: RFH: Rewrite of the backup-manager's templates for DTSG compliance
> You'll find attached to this mail the backup-manager.templates file
> which needs your attention.
>
> Please Cc me because I'm not subscribed to this list.
Attached an unfinished version (I'll try to finish later). But after
we rewrite this accordingly to DTSG you shoudl contact -l10n-english
as well...
Template: backup-manager/backup-repository
Type: string
Default: /var/archives
_Description: Archives location:
Please enter the name of the directory where backup-manager will
store the generated archives ?
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The size of archives may be rather important so you should store them
on a disk with enough available space.
Template: backup-manager/filetype
Type: select
Choices: tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, zip
Default: tar.gz
_Description: Archives storage format:
Template: backup-manager/dump_symlinks
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Do you want to dereference symlinks?
The tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 filetypes may dereference the symlinks in
generated archives. Doing so is likely to generate huge archives.
Template: backup-manager/blacklist
Type: string
Default: /var/archives
_Description: Directories to skip in archives:
Please enter a space-separated list of directories which should not be
archived.
Template: backup-manager/name-format
Type: select
_Choices: long, short
Default: long
_Description: Archives name format:
Files generated by backup-manager may use different file naming
conventions.
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The long format is "host-full-path-to-directory.ext" while the short
format only uses the last directory name. For instance, /home/me
would be named me.tar.gz.
Template: backup-manager/time-to-live
Type: string
Default: 5
_Description: Age of kept archives (days):
Please choose the number of days backup-manager will keep the files
before purging them. Combining several directories and a large number of
days for keeping them may lead to huge archives.
Template: backup-manager/directories
Type: string
Default: /etc /home
_Description: Directories to backup:
Please enter a space-separated list of all the directories you want
to backup.
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You should rather to enter several subdirectories instead of the
parent in order to have more pertinent files in your backup repository.
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For instance, "/home/user1 /home/user2 /home/user3" is more appropriate
than "/home" alone.
Template: backup-manager/burning-enabled
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Do you want to enable automatic burning?
Backup-manager can burn archives when it is launched.
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Be aware that choosing this option will cause backup-manager to try
burning daily archives on the selected media, which must be present
at that time.
Template: backup-manager/burning-media
Type: select
Choices: cdrom, dvd
Default: cdrom
_Description: Burning media:
Choosing "cdrom" will require the cdrecord program while "dvd" needs
growisofs.
Template: backup-manager/burning-device
Type: string
Default: /dev/cdrom
_Description: Device to use for burning data:
Template: backup-manager/burning-maxsize
Type: string
Default: 650
_Description: Maximum size of your media (Mb):
Template: backup-manager/burning-method
Type: select
Choices: CDRW, CDR
Default: CDRW
_Description: Burning method:
When burning data, backup-manager will try to burn the whole archives
repository. If it does not fit in the media, it will try to burn only the
daily generated archives.
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The CDRW method will first blank the media and then burn the data.
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The CDR method will only burn the data, assuming that the media is empty.
Template: backup-manager/want_to_upload
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Do you want to enable the backup-manager's uploading system ?
If you want, you can choose a remote host where archives will be
uploaded daily (either by ftp or scp).
Template: backup-manager/transfert_mode
Type: select
Choices: scp, ftp
Default: scp
_Description: Which transfer mode do you want to use?
You can choose the way files will be uploaded.
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If you choose the ftp mode, you'll be prompted for a password, whereas scp
will use key authentification (see man ssh-keygen for details on scp
transfer).
Template: backup-manager/upload-hosts
Type: string
_Description: Where to upload the archives?
Enter here a list of host where backup-manager will upload daily the
generated archives.
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Note that you can specify either FQDN or IP addresses.
Template: backup-manager/upload-user-scp
Type: string
Default: bman
_Description: Enter the scp user's login:
To enable scp transfer, you have to set up a user which exists on both
remote and local hosts. This is needed for key authentification.
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Note that this user must have a ssh key on the local host and the remote
hosts must have the user's public key listed in its authorized_keys file
(see man ssh-keygen for details).
Template: backup-manager/upload-user-scp-warning
Type: note
_Description: User does not exists!
You have scpecified a user that does not exist on your system. Note that
the user you choose for scp transfer has to exist on both local and
remote hosts.
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I won't ask for a user anymore, run dpkg-reconfigure backup-manager when
you have a valid user for scp transfer.
Template: backup-manager/upload-user-ftp
Type: string
_Description: Enter the FTP user's login:
Enter the FTP user to use for uploading files to remote hosts.
Template: backup-manager/upload-key
Type: string
_Description: Enter the private key file to use for ssh authentification:
Despite of the ftp transfer mode, ssh doesn't require a password. The
authentification is based on the ssh key.
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You can specify a ssh private key to use for the scp transfer.
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Don't forget to add the user's public key to the remote host's
authorized_keys file (see ssh-keygen (1) for details about ssh key
authentification).
Template: backup-manager/upload-passwd
Type: password
_Description: Enter the FTP user's password:
Enter the password of the FTP user to use for uploading files to remote
hosts.
Template: backup-manager/upload-dir
Type: string
Default: /backup/upload
_Description: Enter the remote host's repository:
You can choose where files will be stored on the remote host.
Template: backup-manager/cron_frequency
Type: select
__Choices: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly
Default: daily
_Description: Cron frequency:
Please choose the cron frequency.
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You can choose wether backup-manager should be run hourly, daily,
weekly or monthly.
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