TrashMan

Removes outdated periodic backup files from your cloud storage bucket.

Install

Into Gemfile from rubygems.org:

gem install trashman

Note

This gem assumes your filenames include a date and time e.g. backup.2015-07-07T10-32-01.tar.gz.

backup.$(date +'\%Y-\%m-\%dT\%H-\%M-\%S').tar.gz

Please use the --dry-run option to test your configuration before using trashman.

Usage

trashman is best used as a cronjob. It assumes you have a cloud storage bucket where you store periodic backups with conventional filenames including date and time.

To destroy outdated backups:

trashman prune --provider <FOG PROVIDER> --keep <NUMBER OF FILES TO KEEP> --container <CONTAINER/BUCKET> --credentials username:<USERNAME> password:<PASSWORD>

trashman prune --provider rackspace --keep 100 --container "Test Container" --credentials rackspace_api_key:abc123 rackspace_username:example rackspace_region:ord

trashman help prune

Usage:
  trashman prune --credentials=key:value -P, --provider=PROVIDER -c, --container=CONTAINER

Options:
  -P, --provider=PROVIDER          # A valid fog provider e.g. rackspace, aws, etc.
  -c, --container=CONTAINER        # Container or bucket on fog provider.
  -k, [--keep=N]                   # Number of files to keep.
                                   # Default: 100
      --credentials=key:value      # Credentials for your fog provider (depends on fog provider).
      [--dry-run], [--no-dry-run]  # As normal, but it does not destroy old backups.
      [--pattern=PATTERN]          # A regular expression to only consider
matching filenames for pruning.

Contributors

Many thanks to:

• Bruno Sutic

How to contribute

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Write your tests and check everything passes
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create new Pull Request (into the master branch)

License

Please refer to LICENSE.md.