Chapter 9. Backing up and restoring IdM servers using Ansible playbooks

Procedure

1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Make a copy of the backup-server.yml file located in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/backup-server.yml backup-my-server.yml

3. Open the backup-my-server.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the hosts variable to a host group from your inventory file. In this example, set it to the ipaserver host group:

   ---
   - name: Playbook to backup IPA server
     hosts: ipaserver
     become: true
   
     roles:
     - role: ipabackup
       state: present

5. Save the file.

6. Run the Ansible playbook, specifying the inventory file and the playbook file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory backup-my-server.yml

Verification steps

1. Log into the IdM server that you have backed up.

2. Verify that the backup is in the /var/lib/ipa/backup directory.

   [root@server ~]# ls /var/lib/ipa/backup/
   ipa-full-2021-04-30-13-12-00

Procedure

1. To store the backups, create a subdirectory in your home directory on the Ansible controller.

   $ mkdir ~/ipabackups

2. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

3. Make a copy of the backup-server-to-controller.yml file located in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/backup-server-to-controller.yml backup-my-server-to-my-controller.yml

4. Open the backup-my-server-to-my-controller.yml file for editing.

5. Adapt the file by setting the following variables:

   1. Set the hosts variable to a host group from your inventory file. In this example, set it to the ipaserver host group.

   2. (Optional) To maintain a copy of the backup on the IdM server, uncomment the following line:

       # ipabackup_keep_on_server: yes

6. By default, backups are stored in the present working directory of the Ansible controller. To specify the backup directory you created in Step 1, add the ipabackup_controller_path variable and set it to the /home/user/ipabackups directory.

   ---
   - name: Playbook to backup IPA server to controller
     hosts: ipaserver
     become: true
     vars:
       ipabackup_to_controller: yes
       # ipabackup_keep_on_server: yes
       ipabackup_controller_path: /home/user/ipabackups
   
     roles:
     - role: ipabackup
       state: present

7. Save the file.

8. Run the Ansible playbook, specifying the inventory file and the playbook file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory backup-my-server-to-my-controller.yml

Procedure

1. To store the backups, create a subdirectory in your home directory on the Ansible controller.

   $ mkdir ~/ipabackups

2. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

3. Make a copy of the copy-backup-from-server.yml file located in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/copy-backup-from-server.yml copy-backup-from-my-server-to-my-controller.yml

4. Open the copy-my-backup-from-my-server-to-my-controller.yml file for editing.

5. Adapt the file by setting the following variables:

   1. Set the hosts variable to a host group from your inventory file. In this example, set it to the ipaserver host group.
   2. Set the ipabackup_name variable to the name of the ipabackup on your IdM server to copy to your Ansible controller.

   3. By default, backups are stored in the present working directory of the Ansible controller. To specify the directory you created in Step 1, add the ipabackup_controller_path variable and set it to the /home/user/ipabackups directory.

      ---
      - name: Playbook to copy backup from IPA server
        hosts: ipaserver
        become: true
        vars:
          ipabackup_name: ipa-full-2021-04-30-13-12-00
          ipabackup_to_controller: yes
          ipabackup_controller_path: /home/user/ipabackups
      
        roles:
        - role: ipabackup
          state: present

6. Save the file.

7. Run the Ansible playbook, specifying the inventory file and the playbook file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory copy-backup-from-my-server-to-my-controller.yml

Procedure

1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Make a copy of the copy-backup-from-controller.yml file located in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/copy-backup-from-controller.yml copy-backup-from-my-controller-to-my-server.yml

3. Open the copy-my-backup-from-my-controller-to-my-server.yml file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables:

   1. Set the hosts variable to a host group from your inventory file. In this example, set it to the ipaserver host group.

   2. Set the ipabackup_name variable to the name of the ipabackup on your Ansible controller to copy to the IdM server.

      ---
      - name: Playbook to copy a backup from controller to the IPA server
        hosts: ipaserver
        become: true
      
        vars:
          ipabackup_name: server.idm.example.com_ipa-full-2021-04-30-13-12-00
          ipabackup_from_controller: yes
      
        roles:
        - role: ipabackup
          state: copied

5. Save the file.

6. Run the Ansible playbook, specifying the inventory file and the playbook file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory copy-backup-from-my-controller-to-my-server.yml

Procedure

1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Make a copy of the remove-backup-from-server.yml file located in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/remove-backup-from-server.yml remove-backup-from-my-server.yml

3. Open the remove-backup-from-my-server.yml file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables:

   1. Set the hosts variable to a host group from your inventory file. In this example, set it to the ipaserver host group.

   2. Set the ipabackup_name variable to the name of the ipabackup to remove from your IdM server.

      ---
      - name: Playbook to remove backup from IPA server
        hosts: ipaserver
        become: true
      
        vars:
          ipabackup_name: ipa-full-2021-04-30-13-12-00
      
        roles:
        - role: ipabackup
          state: absent

5. Save the file.

6. Run the Ansible playbook, specifying the inventory file and the playbook file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory remove-backup-from-my-server.yml

Procedure

1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Make a copy of the restore-server.yml file located in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/restore-server.yml restore-my-server.yml

3. Open the restore-my-server.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables:

   1. Set the hosts variable to a host group from your inventory file. In this example, set it to the ipaserver host group.
   2. Set the ipabackup_name variable to the name of the ipabackup to restore.

   3. Set the ipabackup_password variable to the LDAP Directory Manager password.

      ---
      - name: Playbook to restore an IPA server
        hosts: ipaserver
        become: true
      
        vars:
          ipabackup_name: ipa-full-2021-04-30-13-12-00
          ipabackup_password: <your_LDAP_DM_password>
      
        roles:
        - role: ipabackup
          state: restored

5. Save the file.

6. Run the Ansible playbook specifying the inventory file and the playbook file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory restore-my-server.yml

Procedure

1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Make a copy of the restore-server-from-controller.yml file located in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/restore-server-from-controller.yml restore-my-server-from-my-controller.yml

3. Open the restore-my-server-from-my-controller.yml file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables:

   1. Set the hosts variable to a host group from your inventory file. In this example, set it to the ipaserver host group.
   2. Set the ipabackup_name variable to the name of the ipabackup to restore.

   3. Set the ipabackup_password variable to the LDAP Directory Manager password.

      ---
      - name: Playbook to restore IPA server from controller
        hosts: ipaserver
        become: true
      
        vars:
          ipabackup_name: server.idm.example.com_ipa-full-2021-04-30-13-12-00
          ipabackup_password: <your_LDAP_DM_password>
          ipabackup_from_controller: yes
      
        roles:
        - role: ipabackup
          state: restored

5. Save the file.

6. Run the Ansible playbook, specifying the inventory file and the playbook file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory restore-my-server-from-my-controller.yml