ipa-backup(1) IPA Manual Pages ipa-backup(1)NAMEipa-backup - Back up an IPA master
SYNOPSISipa-backup [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Two kinds of backups: full and data-only.
The back up is optionally encrypted using either the default root GPG
key or a named key. No passphrase is supported.
Backups are stored in a subdirectory in /var/lib/ipa/backup.
The naming convention for full backups is ipa-full-YEAR-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS
in the GMT time zone.
The naming convention for data backups is ipa-data-YEAR-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS
In the GMT time zone.
Within the subdirectory is file, header, that describes the back up
including the type, system, date of backup, the version of IPA, the
version of the backup and the services on the master.
A backup can not be restored on another host.
A backup can not be restored in a different version of IPA.
OPTIONS--data Back up data only. The default is to back up all IPA files plus
data.
--gpg Encrypt the back up file.
--gpg-keyring=GPG_KEYRING
The full path to a GPG keyring. The keyring consists of two
files, a public and a private key (.sec and .pub respectively).
Specify the path without an extension.
--logs Include the IPA service log files in the backup.
--online
Perform the backup on-line. Requires the --data option.
--v, --verbose
Print debugging information
-d, --debug
Alias for --verbose
-q, --quiet
Output only errors
--log-file=FILE
Log to the given file
EXIT STATUS
0 if the command was successful
1 if an error occurred
FILES
/var/lib/ipa/backup
The default directory for storing backup files.
/var/log/ipabackup.log
The log file for backups
SEE ALSOipa-restore(1).
IPA Mar 22 2013 ipa-backup(1)