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Index
Title Page
Table of Contents
More Tech Books from Michael W Lucas
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Chapter 00: The Backup Problem
Tarsnap
Online Backup Security
The Tarsnap Service
Contents
Chapter 01: Tarsnap Essentials
Tarsnap Programs
Tarsnap Philosophy
Tarsnap Target Users
Tarsnap Support
Tarsnap and Organizational Security
Supported Operating Systems
The Tarsnap Service Architecture
Tarsnap Core Features
Encryption
Deduplication
Archives
Snapshots
Tarsnap Privileges
Tarsnap Pricing
Tarsnap.com Accounts
Account Funding
Running Out of Money
Account Activity
Chapter 02: Installing Tarsnap
Tarsnap Package Installations
Building Tarsnap
Building Prerequisites
CentOS, Red Hat, etc
Debian, Ubuntu, etc
OpenBSD
FreeBSD
Cygwin
OS X
OpenSSL
Download and Verify Tarsnap
What is OpenPGP Verification?
Configuring GnuPG
Verifying the Tarsnap Signature
Building and Installing Tarsnap
Hosts Without Compilers
Chapter 03: Tarsnap Client Basics
Tarsnap Machines and Keys
Registering Machines
Tarsnap Key Files
Your First Tarsnap Backup
Your First Extraction
Tarsnap Configuration Files
Tarsnap Modes and Key Commands
Tarsnap Debugging and Statistics
Verbosity
Statistics
Archive Details
Chapter 04: Creating and Managing Archives
Creating Archives
Working Directory
Archiving Edges
Listing Archives
Viewing Archive Contents
Deleting Archives
Deleting All Backups
Watching Backups
Dry Runs
Including and Excluding Files
include
exclude
Matching Includes and Excludes
Wildcards
Users Excluding Files
Excludes on the Command Line
Overriding exclude and include Configurations
Inclusion and Exclusion Files
Backup Checkpoints
Creating Checkpoints
Viewing Checkpoints
Archive Recovery
Resuming Interrupted Archives
Manual Checkpoint Creation
Oversize Archives
Live Files and Snapshots
Making Live Files Cold
Filesystem Snapshots
Traffic Shaping and I/O Limiting
Limiting Network Traffic
Increasing Network Traffic
Limiting Disk Activity
Substitutions in Archive Paths
Archive Manipulation
Renaming Archives
Trimming an Archive
Specifying Files in Files
Miscellaneous Options
Chapter 05: Caches and Keys
Cache Basics
Cache Directory Contents
Cache Directory Security
Repairing Damaged Cache Directories
Broken Cache
Broken Directory
Key Basics
Key Permissions and Subkeys
Using Limited Key Files
Maintenance Privileges
Key Passphrases
Sharing Keys Between Machines
Chapter 06: Backup Rotation and Automation
Tarsnap Archive Rotation
Backup Scripts
Feather
Tarsnapper
ACTS
Installing ACTS
Configuring ACTS
backuptargets
tarsnap
verbose
hostname
prebackupscript
postbackupscript
lockfile
Running and Scheduling ACTS
Excluding Files from ACTS
Archive Names
ACTS Rotation
Chapter 07: Restoring Archives
Restoring Archives
Restores and the Extraction Directory
Not Overwriting Files
Including and Excluding Files
Inclusion and Exclusion Files
Restoring Only Older Files
Tarsnap Restore Performance
Chapter 010: Full Backup and Restoration
The Original System
Archive Targets
MySQL Archive
Final Preparations
Restoring the System
Install and Configure Tarsnap
Identify Target Archives
Restoring Archives
Final Restoration Steps
Lessons Learned
Afterword
About the Author
Copyright Information
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