lxmin
Backup and restore LXC instances from MinIO
Usage
NAME:
lxmin - backup and restore LXC instances from MinIO
USAGE:
lxmin [FLAGS] COMMAND [COMMAND FLAGS | -h] [ARGUMENTS...]
COMMANDS:
backup backup an instance image to MinIO
restore restore an instance image from MinIO
list, ls list all backups from MinIO
delete, rm deletes a specific backup by 'name' for an instance from MinIO
GLOBAL FLAGS:
--endpoint value endpoint for S3 API call(s) [$LXMIN_ENDPOINT]
--bucket value bucket on MinIO to save/restore backup(s) [$LXMIN_BUCKET]
--access-key value access key credential for S3 API [$LXMIN_ACCESS_KEY]
--secret-key value secret key credential for S3 API [$LXMIN_SECRET_KEY]
--help, -h show help
Setup
Enable MinIO endpoint, bucket and access credentials.
export LXMIN_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:9000
export LXMIN_BUCKET="backups"
export LXMIN_ACCESS_KEY="minioadmin"
export LXMIN_SECRET_KEY="minioadmin"
Create a backup
lxmin backup u2
Exporting backup from lxc backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz... Done
Uploading backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz [==========================================================================================================================] 101.25 MiB/s
List all backups
lxmin list u2
+----------+----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| INSTANCE | NAME | CREATED | SIZE |
+----------+----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| u2 | backup_2022-02-15-18-2642.tar.gz | Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:28:04 GMT | 653 MiB |
| u2 | backup_2022-02-15-18-4259.tar.gz | Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:44:21 GMT | 653 MiB |
| u2 | backup_2022-02-15-21-0930.tar.gz | Tue, 15 Feb 2022 21:10:53 GMT | 654 MiB |
| u2 | backup_2022-02-16-04-0841.tar.gz | Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:10:05 GMT | 654 MiB |
| u2 | backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz | Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:12:04 GMT | 654 MiB |
+----------+----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+
Restore a backup
lxmin restore u2 backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz
Downloading backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz [========================================================================================================================] 212.41 MiB/s
Importing instance 'u2', from 'backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz'... Done
Starting instance 'u2'... Done
Delete a backup
Delete a specific backup by name backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz
lxmin delete u2 backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz
Backup backup_2022-02-16-04-1040.tar.gz deleted successfully
Delete all backups
lxmin delete u2 --all --force
All backups for u2 deleted successfully