diff -r a2342f26c9de -r b0b56e0f8c7f dev/provisioning/modules/puppi/files/scripts/archive.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# archive.sh - Made for Puppi
+
+# Sources common header for Puppi scripts
+. $(dirname $0)/header || exit 10
+
+# Show help
+showhelp () {
+    echo "This script is used to backup or restore contents to/from puppi archivedir"
+    echo "It has the following options:"
+    echo "-b <backup_source> - Backups the files to be changed in the defined directory"
+    echo "-r <recovery_destination> - Recovers file to the provided destination"
+    echo "-s <copy|move> - Specifies the backup strategy (move or copy files)"
+    echo "-t <tag> - Specifies a tag to be used for the backup"
+    echo "-d <variable> - Specifies the runtime variable that defines the predeploy dir"
+    echo "-c <yes|no> - Specifies if you want compressed (tar.gz) archives. Default: yes"
+    echo "-o 'options' - Specifies the rsync options to use during backup. Use it to specify custom "
+    echo "               exclude patterns of files you don't want to archive, for example"
+    echo "-m <full|diff> - Specifies the backup type: 'full' backups all the files in backup_source,"
+    echo "                 'diff' backups only the files deployed"
+    echo "-n <number> - Number of copies of backups to keep on the filesystem. Default 5"
+    echo 
+    echo "Examples:"
+    echo "archive.sh -b /var/www/html/my_app -t html -c yes"
+}
+
+# Arguments check
+if [ "$#" = "0" ] ; then
+    showhelp
+    exit
+fi
+
+# Default settings
+compression=yes
+backuptag=all
+strategy=copy
+backupmethod=full
+bakret=5
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -b)
+      backuproot=$2
+#      [ $deploy_root ] && backuproot=$deploy_root # This is needed to allow override of $deploy_root via puppi cmd. But breaks on puppi::project::maven
+      action=backup
+      shift 2 ;;
+    -r)
+      backuproot=$2
+#      [ $deploy_root ] && backuproot=$deploy_root # This is needed to allow override of $deploy_root via puppi cmd. But breaks on puppi::project::maven
+      action=recovery
+      shift 2 ;;
+    -t)
+      backuptag=$2
+      shift 2 ;;
+    -s)
+      case "$2" in
+        mv) strategy="move" ;;
+        move) strategy="move" ;;
+        *) strategy="copy" ;;
+      esac
+      shift 2 ;;
+    -m)
+      case "$2" in
+        diff) backupmethod="diff" ;;
+        *) backupmethod="full" ;;
+      esac
+      shift 2 ;;
+    -c)
+      case "$2" in
+        yes) compression="yes" ;;
+        y) compression="yes" ;;
+        *) compression="none" ;;
+      esac
+      shift 2  ;;
+    -d)
+      predeploydir="$(eval "echo \${$(echo $2)}")"
+      shift 2 ;;
+    -o) 
+      rsync_options=$2
+      shift 2 ;;
+    -n)
+      bakret=$2
+      shift 2 ;;
+    *)
+      showhelp
+      exit
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+
+# Backup and Restore functions
+backup () {
+    mkdir -p $archivedir/$project/$tag/$backuptag
+    if [ $archivedir/$project/latest ] ; then
+        rm -f $archivedir/$project/latest
+    fi
+    ln -sf $archivedir/$project/$tag $archivedir/$project/latest
+
+    filelist=$storedir/filelist
+    cd $predeploydir
+    find . | cut -c 3- | grep -v "^$" > $filelist
+
+    if [ "$strategy" = "move" ] ; then 
+        for file in $(cat $filelist) ; do
+            mv $backuproot/$file $archivedir/$project/$tag/$backuptag/
+        done
+        if [ "$backupmethod" = "full" ] ; then
+            rsync -a $rsync_options $backuproot/ $archivedir/$project/$tag/$backuptag/
+        fi
+    else
+        if [ "$backupmethod" = "full" ] ; then
+            rsync -a $rsync_options $backuproot/ $archivedir/$project/$tag/$backuptag/
+        else
+            rsync -a $rsync_options --files-from=$filelist $backuproot/ $archivedir/$project/$tag/$backuptag/
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$compression" = "yes" ] ; then
+        cd $archivedir/$project/$tag/$backuptag/
+        tar -czf ../$backuptag.tar.gz .
+        cd $archivedir/$project/$tag/
+        rm -rf $archivedir/$project/$tag/$backuptag/
+    fi
+}
+
+recovery () {
+    if [ ! $rollbackversion ] ; then
+        echo "Variable rollbackversion must exist!"
+        exit 2 
+    fi
+
+    if [ -d $archivedir/$project ] ; then
+        cd $archivedir/$project
+    else 
+        echo "Can't find archivedir for this project"
+        exit 2
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$compression" = "yes" ] ; then
+        cd $backuproot/
+        tar -xzf $archivedir/$project/$rollbackversion/$backuptag.tar.gz .
+    else 
+        rsync -a $rsync_options $rollbackversion/$backuptag/* $backuproot
+    fi
+
+}
+
+delete_old () {
+    # We don't count the "latest" symlink
+    bakret=$(expr $bakret + 1 )
+
+    cd $archivedir/$project
+
+    ddirs=$(ls -1p 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+    while [ $ddirs -gt $bakret ]
+    do
+        victim=$(ls -tr 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+        rm -rf $victim && echo "Deleted old $archivedir/$project/$victim"
+        ddirs=$(ls -1p 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+    done
+}
+
+# Action!
+case "$action" in
+    backup) backup ; delete_old ;;
+    recovery) recovery ;;
+esac