Docker time2backup server

Run time2backup server

Using docker-compose

1. Get latest image with docker-compose pull (unless you have build it manually)
2. Run docker-compose up -d

Using docker command

1. Get latest image with docker pull time2backup/server (unless you have build it manually)
2. Run docker run -d --env-file config.env --restart unless-stopped --name t2bserver -p 9922:22 -v /path/to/backups:/backups -v /path/to/config:/config:ro time2backup/t2bserver

Server configuration

1. Create a file config/ssh_keys and put your clients SSH public keys inside
2. (optionnal) You can also create authentication file config/auth.conf to secure time2backup server access with couples user:password like this:

user1:password1
user2:password2

Client configuration

1. Generate a SSH key: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/id_t2bserver
2. Edit your SSH config file ~/.ssh/config and add the following lines:

Host myt2bserver
   Hostname <HOSTNAME|IPADRESS>
   Port 9922
   User t2b
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_t2bserver

3. Edit your time2backup client config time2backup.conf and set destination:

destination = ssh://myt2bserver

4. Copy your SSH public key and add it to the server config file config/ssh_keys (see above)
5. (optionnal) If you have set passwords to the server (see above), set it in your time2backup client config:

t2bserver_pwd = "<USER>:<PASSWORD>"

Advanced server configuration

You can change some advanced server configuration:

• To change backup/config paths, ssh port or restart behaviour, edit docker-compose.yml file. You have to re-run the server to make your changes work (see below).
• To set debug mode, sudo mode or other, edit config/time2backup-server.conf file. You have to restart the server to make your changes work (see below).

Start/Stop/Restart time2backup server

• Using docker-compose: docker-compose start|stop|restart
• Using docker command: docker start|stop|restart t2bserver

Remove time2backup server

• Using docker-compose: docker-compose down
• Using docker command: docker rm -f t2bserver

Build time2backup server (for developers)

1. Set the branch or version in Dockerfile
2. Run ./build.sh

License

time2backup server is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md for the full license text.

Credits

Author: Jean Prunneaux https://jean.prunneaux.com

Source code: https://github.com/time2backup/docker-server