Automate Backups on Linux
By Martyn Honeyford2005-04-20
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• You'll find downloads, documentation, and more at the official OpenSSH home page and the OpenSSH Security page.
• Read Daniel Robbins' excellent three-part IBM developerWorks article, " OpenSSH Key Management" (developerWorks, 2001) and download his keychain application.
• To learn more about SSH, Carlos recommends O'Reilly's SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide ( O'Reilly & Associates , 2001).
• The Snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is an open source best of breed product designed to detect and report unauthorized access or suspect behavior. Make sure to use an IDS if you're planning on automating the signing and encrypting of archive files.
• You can sign and encrypt your archive backup files using GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG), OpenSSL and ncrypt from your shell scripts.
• If you aren't already using them, check out these tips on TCP wrappers and xinetd.
• The Perl-inclined will also be interested in " Automating UNIX system administration with Perl" (developerWorks, 2001), " Intro to cfengine for system administration" (developerWorks, 2002), and " Application configuration with Perl" (developerWorks, 2000), all from Ted Zlatanov.
• The developerWorks article " Windows-to-Linux roadmap: Part 8. Backup and recovery" (developerWorks, 2003) offers tips on backup strategies.
• IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux can also automate reliable backup, archive, and central data management for Linux computers and servers on custom schedules. In addition, The Tivoli Product Family offers products for user management, access control, network monitoring -- and more -- all with a unified environment and interface.
• Learn more about Tivoli solutions in the IBM developerWorks Tivoli zone.
• Find more resources for Linux developers in the developerWorks Linux zone.
• Purchase Linux books at discounted prices in the Linux section of the Developer Bookstore.
• Develop and test your Linux applications using the latest IBM tools and middleware with a developerWorks Subscription: you get IBM software from WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Rational, and Tivoli, and a license to use the software for 12 months, all for less money than you might think.
• Download no-charge trial versions of selected developerWorks Subscription products which run on Linux, including WebSphere Studio Site Developer, WebSphere SDK for Web services, WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database Personal Developers Edition, Tivoli Access Manager, and Lotus Domino Server, from the Speed-start your Linux app section of developerWorks. For an even speedier start, help yourself to a product-by-product collection of how-to articles and tech support.
Tutorial Pages:
» No Excuses: do-it-Yourself, Secure, Distributed Network Backups Made Easy
» Simple Backups
» Advanced Backups
» Secure Remote Access Using Public/Private Keys
» Automating Machine Access Using SSH-Agent
» Simplifying Key Access Using Keychain
» Scripting a Backup Process
» Scheduling
» Verifying Your Backups
» Additional Security Precautions
» Conclusion
» Resources
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