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I would like to be able to make modifications to server config files
on my test server, and then be able to send them to the production
server using rdiff-backup. I only want to copy over a few files
explicitly, for example when I create a new init script, I would add
it to my list of "includes".

The trouble I am having is in trying to figure out how to initialize
this setup. It seems that if I use '--force' for the initial
rdiff-backup, that it clobbers all the files on the production server.
I hope it's clear what I'm trying to do, and thanks for any clues.

Brandon


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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:12:56 -0500, Brandon Simmons <brandon.m.simmons < at > gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to be able to make modifications to server config files
on my test server, and then be able to send them to the production
server using rdiff-backup. I only want to copy over a few files
explicitly, for example when I create a new init script, I would add
it to my list of "includes".

The trouble I am having is in trying to figure out how to initialize
this setup. It seems that if I use '--force' for the initial
rdiff-backup, that it clobbers all the files on the production server.
I hope it's clear what I'm trying to do, and thanks for any clues.

That sounds like a job for rsync, not rdiff-backup.

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Business Process Automation - Network/Server Management - Routers/Firewalls


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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:31:33 -0500, Brandon Simmons <brandon.m.simmons < at > gmail.com> wrote:
I wanted to use rdiff-backup so that I could easily roll back changes
on the production server if the modifications weren't working
correctly. But now that I think about it, I can see how if the
production server is the "backup" copy with the incremental snapshots,
that won't allow me to do that anyway.

Any other ideas on a system that will allow me to roll back changes?

1) Put your source config files under a version control system.

2) Use rdiff-backup to create a backup somewhere (but not in the
production directories) so you can restore from there at need.

3) Use one of the configuration management systems[1] to push your configs
out to the production servers and provide for rollbacks.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software

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Business Process Automation - Network/Server Management - Routers/Firewalls


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On Friday 18 December 2009 18:31:33 Brandon Simmons wrote:
Any other ideas on a system that will allow me to roll back changes?

Sounds like you are looking for a version control system. Starting from
scratch today I think you should take a look at Bazaar, Git or Mercurial.

// Andreas

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Hello,

I would like to be able to make modifications to server config files
on my test server, and then be able to send them to the production
server using rdiff-backup. I only want to copy over a few files
explicitly, for example when I create a new init script, I would add
it to my list of "includes".

The trouble I am having is in trying to figure out how to initialize
this setup. It seems that if I use '--force' for the initial
rdiff-backup, that it clobbers all the files on the production server.
I hope it's clear what I'm trying to do, and thanks for any clues.

Brandon


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