Backup Gem With Chef

backup.rb

# Example of what integration of the backup gem with chef could look like        
backup 'my app' do                                                               
  # The stuff here (taken from https://github.com/meskyanichi/backup) would be   
  # passed into the backup gem with class_eval or something. In a real recipe    
  # most of these variables would be replaced by                                 
  # node or other attributes, so:                                                
  #                                                                              
  # backup 'my app' do => Backup::Model.new(:"my app", 'my app') do...           
  split_into_chunks_of 4000                                                      
                                                                                 
  database MySQL do |database|                                                                                                                                                    
    database.name               = 'my_sample_mysql_db'                           
    database.username           = 'my_username'                                  
    database.password           = 'my_password'                                  
    database.skip_tables        = ['logs']                                       
    database.additional_options = ['--single-transaction', '--quick']            
  end                                                                            
                                                                                 
  archive :user_avatars do |archive|                                             
    archive.add '/var/apps/my_sample_app/public/avatars'                         
  end                                                                            
                                                                                 
  # ...and so on. Anything in a backup LWRP call would be passed directly into a 
  # backup model.                                                                
                                                                                 
  # The backup gem doesn't do scheduling, so this part would be translated into  
  # a chef cron resource call:                                                   
  schedule do                                                                    
    hour 12                                                                      
    minute 0                                                                     
  end                                                                            
end                                                                              
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