Node.js CI backup

A collection of scripts, configuration and information regarding what's currently being backed up.

Backed up infrastructure

• ci.nodejs.org:
  • full backup of /var/lib/jenkins (rotated, excluding workdirs)
  • iptables rules (rotated)
• ci-release.nodejs.org:
  • full backup of /var/lib/jenkins (rotated, excluding workdirs)
  • iptables rules (rotated)
• iojs-softlayer-benchmark: mysql dump (rotated)
• nodejs-www:
  • /home/dist/iojs: all artifacts for iojs.org (static, no deletion)
  • /home/dist/nodejs: all artifacts for nodejs.org (static, no deletion)
  • /home/libuv/www/dist: all artifacts for libuv.org (static, no deletion)
  • /var/log/nginx: all logs for nodejs, iojs and libuv (rotated)

Folder structure

A list of the backup folder structure to make it easier navigating around.

filename	description
archive/	archived content
archive/nodejs-logs	contains compressed logfiles from the old nodejs server
archive/old-jenkins.tar.xz	a full copy of jenkins pre-security-vulnerability
static/	backed up content intended for non-rotation
periodic/	periodically updated storage managed by rsnapshot

Setting it up

Dependencies:

• rsync 3.x (or newer)
• rsnapshot 1.2 (or newer)

Note: You will likely want ~1Tb storage available on /backup.

Installation instructions

1. Install dependencies
2. Copy the folder backup_scripts to /root/
3. Place rsnapshot.conf somewhere (and possibly change paths below)
4. Create the folder /backup (or edit configs to use another path)
5. Add scripts to cron:

   50 23 * * * /opt/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /opt/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf daily && /root/backup_scripts/remove_old.sh ci-release.nodejs.org && /root/backup_scripts/remove_old.sh ci.nodejs.org
   40 23 * * 6 /opt/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /opt/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf weekly
   30 23 1 * * /opt/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /opt/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf monthly
   

6. Edit your ssh config as needed (likely the benchmark host)
7. Place the backup key retrieved from the secrets repo in /root/.ssh/nodejs_build_backup
8. Add your jenkins credentials to /root/.jenkins_credentials (so we can reload jenkins after updating the folder structure)