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Testing backup server works or not #1202

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set up 2 more crons
alsmk Jan 13, 2025
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Corrected the approach
alsmk Jan 13, 2025
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a draft for copying file from backup to staging
alsmk Jan 14, 2025
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22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions infrastructure/server-setup/backups.yml
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when: "'backups' in groups and groups['backups'] | length > 0 and ssh_test.rc != 0"
tags:
- backups

- name: Create a file to transfer to the backup server
shell: touch /tmp/test_file.txt
tags:
- backups

- name: Check ability to transfer a file to the backup server
shell: rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5" /tmp/test_file.txt {{ backup_server_user }}@{{ destination_server }}:{{ backup_server_remote_target_directory }}/test_file.txt
remote_user: '{{ crontab_user }}'
register: rsync_test
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when: "'backups' in groups and groups['backups'] | length > 0"
tags:
- backups

- name: Check if file can be transferred to the staging server from backup server
shell: ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 {{ backup_server_user }}@{{ destination_server }} 'rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5" {{ backup_server_remote_target_directory }}/test_file.txt {{ crontab_user }}@{{ inventory_hostname }}:/tmp/test_file.txt'
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This doesn't look correct. Instead of backup machine sending the file to the staging server, the staging server should be downloading it using rsync. This ansible step also needs to be restricted to be ran only for staging servers

remote_user: '{{ crontab_user }}'
register: rsync_test_from_backup
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register: rsync_test_from_backup

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when: "'backups' in groups and groups['backups'] | length > 0 and backup_restore_encryption_passphrase and periodic_restore_from_backup"
tags:
- backups

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