4.9.15. HOWTO Back up the Puppet MasterΒΆ
This section details the steps required to back up the Puppet Master.
Note
A default SIMP installation can use Git as a rudimentary method to back up the Puppet master. If a different method is preferred, the user must install and configure it first.
- Backup
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl
- Backup
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet
- Backup
/var/simp
- Backup
\`puppet config --section master print vardir\`/simp
- Optional: Backup
/var/www
Simple Full Backup Command
`bash
tar --selinux --xattrs -czpvf simp_backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).tar.gz /etc/puppetlabs /var/simp `puppet config --section master print vardir`/simp /var/www /var/simp
`
Simple Full Restore Command
`bash
# WARNING: This will overwrite your current system files!
tar --selinux --xattrs -C / -xzpvf simp_backup-<date>.tar.gz
`