ccollect_add_source(1)

Nico Schottelius

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FILES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
RESOURCES
COPYING

NAME

ccollect_add_source - create new source for ccollect(1)

SYNOPSIS

ccollect_add_source.sh <hostnames to create sources for>

DESCRIPTION

ccollect_add_source.sh creates a new backup source for use with ccollect(1). It copies the files from to the source directory with the hostname below $CCOLLECT_CONF/sources. It is designed to run on a backup server to create new directories for new hosts.

FILES

$CCOLLECT_CONF/defaults/sources
Main configuration directory. $CCOLLECT_CONF is /etc/ccollect, if unset. All the following files reside below this directory.
exclude , summary , intervals , pre_exec , post_exec , rsync_options , verbose , very_verbose
Those are the standard configuration files known by ccollect(1). If the file exist it will be copied to the newly created source. Directories (intervals) are copied recursively.
destination_base
A link to the directory where to store the backups. Below this directory ccollect_add_source.sh will create a directory with the hostname you specified on the command line. A common valua for destination_base is /home/server/backup.
source_prefix , source_postfix
source_prefix is put before the hostname, source_postfix is appended after it. A common value for source_prefix maybe root@ and :/ for source_postfix.

SEE ALSO

ccollect(1), ccollect_analyse_logs.sh, ccollect_delete_source(1), ccollect_list_intervals(1), ccollect_logwrapper(1),

AUTHOR

Nico Schottelius <nico-ccollect—@--schottelius.org>

RESOURCES

Main web site: http://unix.schottelius.org/ccollect/

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3).