Bug#985918: ITP: bung -- backup next generation
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Charles Atkinson <bung@charlesmatkinson.org>
* Package name : bung
Version : 3.0.3
Upstream Author : Charles Atkinson <bung@charlesmatkinson.org>
* URL : https://redmine.auroville.org.in/projects/bung/files
* License : GPLv2
Programming Lang: bash
Description : Backup next generation (bung)
bung has been developed over eight years as a campus backup utility, running
on Debian and a few Ubuntu systems. It is known to be used on more than 100
computers
Documentation includes man pages and user and programmer guides. The guides'
primary format is .odt. The package includes .pdf and .html
Guides are available from
https://redmine.auroville.org.in/projects/bung/documents
Selected text from
https://redmine.auroville.org.in/projects/bung/wiki/Bung_technology follows
bung is a set of wrapper scripts for several backup utilities:
* OpenLDAP (slapcat and tar)
* mysqldump
* pgdump
* rsync
bung also has:
* A "sysinfo" facility to generate system information reports
* Templated backups allowing custom backup commands. Example templates are
provided for Cisco switches and MikroTik routers
bung features:
* Automated backup to hotplug devices when they are plugged in with on-screen
notifications to both character terminals and X displays
* Backup to remote file systems via ssh
* Custom commands (hooks) to run before and after the backup itself
* File system hierarchy standard (FHS) compliant
* GPLv2
* Logging designed to ease production support
* LVM snapshots
* man pages
* Mounting and unmounting local file systems
* Remote ssh command validation
Best
Charles Atkinson
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