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Timothée Floure, 03/23/2020 03:34 PM
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h1. Managed Customer (VM) backup
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*%{color:green}This document concerns end-users/customers. See [[datacenterlight:Backup]] page for server-side documentation.%*





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h2. Status





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This document is *a DRAFT*.





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h2. Overview





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* Official product page: FIXME





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* Related DatacenterLight FAQ entry: FIXME





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We make use of the "ccollect":https://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/ccollect/ software, which runs every day at 3AM Europe/Zurich. The backup server and storage clusters are in a location (place5) physically separated from the customer VMs (place6).





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h2. FAQ





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h3. How to enable this service?





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You will have to contact our support and give them the following details:





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* Address of the VM to backup (IPv6 or domain with AAAA field).





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* Directories to backup. Default is @/@ excluding @/sys@ and @/proc@.





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"ccollect":https://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/ccollect/ makes use of @rsync@ to transfer data and needs to connect to your server over SSH (rsync itself is not encrypted!). You need to configure an user - root for a full system backup - with the following SSH key (to put in @~/.ssh/authorized_keys@:





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h3. What is the pricing model?





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TODO ask @nico @sanghee





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h3. What is the retention policy?





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The default retention policy is: 4 daily backups, 4 weekly backups, 12 monthly backups.