Built-in collect points¶

Required parameters are marked in red.

engine=archive

Create an archive (.tar.gz, .tar.xz or .tar.bz2) with files collected from all sources.

List of available parameters:

archive_name: Name of the created archive, must end by .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 or .tar.xz. Default: "archive.tar.gz"¹
collect_point_tags: list of tags (comma-separated) associated to this collect point. Default: "collect"
excluded_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will not be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Have precedence over included_collect_point_tags and included_backup_point_tags.
frequency: frequency of backup operations. Can be an integer (number of seconds), "monthly:d" (at least the d-th day of each month, d = 0..28), "weekly:d" (the d-th day of each week, d = 0..6), "weekly" or "daily" (once a week or once a day), "daily:h" (the h-th hour of each day, h = 0..23)
included_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Default: "*"
local_path: absolute path where all data are locally gathered ¹

engine=files

Collect files from all sources in the folder 'local_path'.

List of available parameters:

collect_point_tags: list of tags (comma-separated) associated to this collect point. Default: "collect"
excluded_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will not be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Have precedence over included_collect_point_tags and included_backup_point_tags.
frequency: frequency of backup operations. Can be an integer (number of seconds), "monthly:d" (at least the d-th day of each month, d = 0..28), "weekly:d" (the d-th day of each week, d = 0..6), "weekly" or "daily" (once a week or once a day), "daily:h" (the h-th hour of each day, h = 0..23)
included_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Default: "*"
local_path: absolute path where all data are locally gathered ¹

engine=git

Create a local git repository. Collect files from all sources and commit them locally.

List of available parameters:

collect_point_tags: list of tags (comma-separated) associated to this collect point. Default: "collect"
commit_email: user email used for signing commits (default: "docs@build-7784484-project-54907-polyarchiv") ¹
commit_message: commit message (default: "Backup {Y}/{m}/{d} {H}:{M}") ¹
commit_name: user name used for signing commits (default: "docs") ¹
excluded_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will not be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Have precedence over included_collect_point_tags and included_backup_point_tags.
frequency: frequency of backup operations. Can be an integer (number of seconds), "monthly:d" (at least the d-th day of each month, d = 0..28), "weekly:d" (the d-th day of each week, d = 0..6), "weekly" or "daily" (once a week or once a day), "daily:h" (the h-th hour of each day, h = 0..23)
included_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Default: "*"
local_path: absolute path where all data are locally gathered ¹

engine=subversion

Collect files from all sources in the folder 'local_path' and commit them to a remote SVN repository.

List of available parameters:

ca_cert: CA certificate associated to 'remote_url'. Set to "any" for not checking certificates ¹
client_cert: Client certificate associated to 'remote_url' ¹
client_cert_password: Password for encrypted client certificates ¹
collect_point_tags: list of tags (comma-separated) associated to this collect point. Default: "collect"
commit_message: commit message (default: "Backup {Y}/{m}/{d} {H}:{M}") ¹
excluded_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will not be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Have precedence over included_collect_point_tags and included_backup_point_tags.
frequency: frequency of backup operations. Can be an integer (number of seconds), "monthly:d" (at least the d-th day of each month, d = 0..28), "weekly:d" (the d-th day of each week, d = 0..6), "weekly" or "daily" (once a week or once a day), "daily:h" (the h-th hour of each day, h = 0..23)
included_backup_point_tags: any backup point with one of these tags (comma-separated) will be associated to this local repo. You can use ? or * as jokers in these tags. Default: "*"
local_path: absolute path where all data are locally gathered ¹
remote_url: URL of the remote repository (must exist). Should contain username and password ¹ ²

this parameter can use variables
please only use file/http/https/ssh URLs. If a username and a password are required, their must be provided in the URL.