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Re: ftplicity 1.3b to be released - Re: [Duplicity-talk] Newbie questio


From: edgar . soldin
Subject: Re: ftplicity 1.3b to be released - Re: [Duplicity-talk] Newbie questions...
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:25:30 +0100
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Hey AJ,

bitte sehr ;) .. but actually ftplicity was written 2006 by/for a german computer magazine. I just continue the development on my own, as I had to modify it for my needs.

for your question:

first it is possible to do backups with duplicity unencrypted (pro: no hassle with keys, con: insecure if backup space is insecure) if you do it encrypted all you actually need (speak save this infos to a safe place) is:
- the encryption private key (export it to file with gpg)
- the key's passphrase
- the backup space credentials (login,pass) & location (url or server,port,protocol etc.)

thats it :).. btw ftplicity is working with profiles and save all of this in one neat profile folder
regards ede
--
Ede,

Vielen dank!  My German is _very_ rusty, unfortunately.

I think your script is an excellent helper/tool for the already great 
duplicity.  I will probably leverage it to help me in my backup plans.

However, the intent of #4, below, was "what needs to be 
protected/otherwise-backed-up in order to recover files backed-up by duplicity"?  
For example, what happens if the linux server I am backing-up is completely destroyed 
(say by a natural disaster)?  I no longer have that host, nor any local files to it (PGP 
Keys, duplicity software, etc.).  What should I export/copy/backup elsewhere so that I 
can recover my duplicity backups?  Export the PGP keys?  The private ones?  The public 
ones?  The passphrase?  What else???

Thanks again for your kind reply!

-AJ

----- Original Message ----- From: address@hidden To: AJ Weber ; Discussion of the backup program duplicity Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:11 AM
  Subject: ftplicity 1.3b to be released - Re: [Duplicity-talk] Newbie 
questions...


  Hello AJ,

regarding comment number 4 .. you can use a wrapper like ftplicity (simplified user frontend for duplicity ftp backups) to make the process a little bit more straight forward. Btw. I am finishing a new release of ftplicity right now and will put it on sourceforge. A list of changes and the location will be send top this list then.

  Regards Ede
  --

  > First off, this seems like a great utility.  Great work, guys!
  >
  > A couple of questions to make sure I'm using it correctly and efficiently, 
if I may?
  >
  > 1) Do I assume that duplicity will keep all files, regardless of "age", unless I 
periodically clean-them-up with the "remove-older-than" option?
  >
  > 2) WRT backup strategy then, if I choose to create a new full-backup every couple of 
weeks, I understand that I then use "remove-all-but-n-full" to remove old full 
backup-sets AND any old incrementals that were based upon them, right?
  >
  > 3) Is there any way to make the initial d/l of the signatures file(s) more 
efficient?  If I use archive-dir, and keep a copy of signatures locally, will this 
eliminate that initial requirement to d/l the signatures from the target server 
(and make the process more efficient)?
  >
  > 4) A "Newbie Guide to Backup and Restore with Duplicity" would be great to 
avoid pitfalls.  I think I need to understand what is required on the SOURCE-side to 
restore, should I lose the local server running the duplicity utility.  For example, what 
keys and passphrases need to be backed-up so I could image a minimal linux host in an 
emergency and recover the data from the target host?
  >
  > Thanks again for all the hard work.  It looks like it's shaping-up to be a 
great, great utility!
  >
  > -AJ
  >
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-- public class WhoDidIt{ // A comment. I love comments private static Person sender;

    public static void main (String[] foo){

    sender = new Person();
    sender.setName(new String[]{"Edgar", "Soldin"});

    Address address = new Address();
    address.setStreet("Stadtweg 119");
    address.setZip(39116);
    address.setCity("Magdeburg");
    address.setCountry("Germany");

    sender.setAddress(address);

    sender.setMobilePhone(" +49(0)171-2782880 ");
    sender.setWebSiteUrl(" http://www.soldin.de ");
    sender.setEmail(" address@hidden ");
    sender.setPGPPublicKey(" http://www.soldin.de/edgar_soldin.asc ");
    sender.setGender(true);

    System.out.println(sender.toString());
    }
  }




--
public class WhoDidIt{ // A comment. I love comments private static Person sender;

 public static void main (String[] foo){

 sender = new Person();
 sender.setName(new String[]{"Edgar", "Soldin"});

 Address address = new Address();
 address.setStreet("Stadtweg 119");
 address.setZip(39116);
 address.setCity("Magdeburg");
 address.setCountry("Germany");

 sender.setAddress(address);

 sender.setMobilePhone(" +49(0)171-2782880 ");
 sender.setWebSiteUrl(" http://www.soldin.de ");
 sender.setEmail(" address@hidden ");
 sender.setPGPPublicKey(" http://www.soldin.de/edgar_soldin.asc ");
 sender.setGender(true);

 System.out.println(sender.toString());
 }
}





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