Simple directory to S3

Features

• This system will backup folders and upload them to your s3 bucket
• Every backup is encrypted using the ZIP encryption algorithm
• Backups can automatically done every hour
• Backups can automatically be deleted from your S3-Bucket every x days

Should I use this?

Probably not tbh. It's quite complicated to set up, and the project only hase a very small and specific use-case. Why is it called "Simple.." if it's complicated to set up? ~ I am very glad you asked, it's because the code is quite simple and it took not a very long time to develop this "thing".

Installation

Make sure you have zip installed on your system: apt install zip.

1. Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/SCDerox/simple-directory-to-s3-backup.git
2. Install dependencies npm ci
3. Set up a S3-Bucket on AWS
4. Create a configuration-file called config.json in the cloned directory and change the configured parameters ( explained below).
5. Then start the script as described below.

Start the system

• If you only want to back up once run npm start in the cloned directory
• To ensure that backups are performed hourly, I suggest to use pm2: pm2 start index.js

Configure

You can change these parameters in the config.json you created earlier.

• key: Password with which the ZIP should be encrypted
• prefix: Optional prefix which should be put before every filenname
• path: Path on your S3-Bucket in which the backup should be saved
• enabledHourlyUpload: If enabled the script will backup your files hourly
• limitHoursTo: Array of strings; Hours to limit the hourly upload to
• folders: Array of the following paths that should get backed up
• runCommandsBeforeExecution: Array of commands to run before execution (for example mysqldumpor something)
• bucketID: ID of your S3-Bucket
• accessKeyID: ID of your access-key
• secretAccessKey: Secret of your access-key
• deleteItems: If enabled, items will be deleted automatically (in the specified folder) if they are older than daysBeforeDeletion

How do I decrypt the encrypted file?

Use unzip <FileName> to unzip your file. You'll be asked for a password when decrypting.