bakonf

bakonf is a small script designed to make minimal backups of the configuration files of a GNU/Linux or Unix-like system. Its aim is to use various methods to reduce the size of the backup to a reasonable minimum, in order to be useful for remote/unattended servers, while still backing up enough to recreate the system (with effort) in a blank state. The actual user data backup/restore is a separate matter, which bakonf doesn't deal with.

The contents of the archives created contain enough information so that the system admininistrator can restore the system to a working, but blank state. Beside the actual information from the file system, it can store output of arbitrary commands, for example:

• list of installed packages
• partition table
• various /proc information
• pci & usb device list

Requirements:

• Python 3.6+ (for Python 2.7, use version 0.6)
• PyYaml
• bsdd3

For more information, see the user manual in the doc directory, or read the documentation online.

Iustin Pop, iustin@k1024.org.