ZipLin3

Interface software for local and remote backups via ssh.

Features

Simple setup and designed for proprietary integration
Comes as CLI tool and importable module
Scheduling of automated backups
Checksum mechanism for faster and more efficient backups
Supports the typical registered compression formats for large data
Automated cleaning of legacies and artifact files / directories
Supports logging

Setup

First clone or download the project and change into the root directory. Run the following pip command from the root level to install

pip install .

Usage

Getting-Started

from ziplin3 import client
    
usr = "root"
address = "host_name_or_ip"
password = getpass.getpass(f'password for {usr}: ')

# establish connection
zl = client()
zl.ssh(usr, address, password)

# start backup
origin = '/path/to/folder/of/interest'  # local path
target = '/home/user/backups'           # path on remote machine
compress = True
zl.backup(origin, target, compress)

# output
27-07 20:25:03  |███                                               | (6%)  /home/User/.git/hooks/commit-msg.sample is already up-to-date with origin.

Local Backups

zipLin3 also supports local backups like e.g. on backup partitions or drives. Generally, if the client.ssh method was called on a client instance, zipLin3 will assume a remote backup, otherwise if the call is left out, a local backup can be achieved

...
from ziplin3 import client

zl = client()

local_origin = '/path/to/local/folder'
local_target = '/path/to/backup/folder'

zl.backup(local_origin, local_target)