NAME¶

ipa-backup - Back up an IPA master

SYNOPSIS¶

ipa-backup [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION¶

Two kinds of backups: full and data-only.

The back up is optionally encrypted using either the default root GPG key or a named key. No passphrase is supported.

Backups are stored in a subdirectory in /var/lib/ipa/backup.

The naming convention for full backups is ipa-full-YEAR-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS in the GMT time zone.

The naming convention for data backups is ipa-data-YEAR-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS In the GMT time zone.

Within the subdirectory is file, header, that describes the back up including the type, system, date of backup, the version of IPA, the version of the backup and the services on the master.

A backup can not be restored on another host.

A backup can not be restored in a different version of IPA.

OPTIONS¶

--data

Back up data only. The default is to back up all IPA files plus data.

--gpg

Encrypt the back up file. Set GNUPGHOME environment variable to use a custom keyring and gpg2 configuration.

--logs

Include the IPA service log files in the backup.

--online

Perform the backup on-line. Requires the --data option.

--disable-role-check

Perform the backup even if this host does not have all the roles in use in the cluster. This is not recommended.

--v, --verbose

Print debugging information

-d, --debug

Alias for --verbose

-q, --quiet

Output only errors

--log-file=FILE

Log to the given file

EXIT STATUS¶

0 if the command was successful

1 if an error occurred

2 if IPA is not configured

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

GNUPGHOME Use custom GnuPG keyring and settings (default: ~/.gnupg).

FILES¶

/var/lib/ipa/backup

/var/log/ipabackup.log

SEE ALSO¶

ipa-restore(1) gpg2(1)