backup-script

Graded assignment (DevOps course, MDS 2020)

1. Run in the command line ./backup.sh {DIRECTORY} {COMPRESSION_ALGO} {OUTPUT_FILENAME}

• DIRECTORY is a directory to back up,
• COMPRESSION_ALGO is a preferred compression type (or 'none' if you need a backup without compression),
• OUTPUT_FILENAME is a desired output filename.

3. You will be suggested to enter an encryption password.

4. To restore the encrypted backup run openssl enc -d -aes256 -in {OUTPUT_FILENAME} | tar xz -C {DIRECTORY}

• OUTPUT_FILENAME is a name of the encrypted backup;
• DIRECTORY is a directory in which you are going to restore the backup.