fedora.iso¶

Labels: enhancement, documentation, fixed / solved / done

phracek opened issue at 2016-03-23 13:05:¶

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rear version (/usr/sbin/rear -V): 1.18
OS version (cat /etc/rear/os.conf or lsb_release -a): Fedora 23
rear configuration files (cat /etc/rear/site.conf or cat /etc/rear/local.conf):

OUTPUT=ISO
BACKUP=NETFS
BACKUP_URL=iso://backup
#OUTPUT_URL="nfs:///192.168.122.1/"
OUTPUT_URL=file:///backup
EXCLUDE_MOUNTPOINTS=(/home/* /usr/lib/* /run/* /var/* /sys/* /opt/*)
BACKUP_PROG_EXCLUDE=("${BACKUP_PROG_EXCLUDE[@]}" '/media/' '/var/rmp' '/var/crash')

Brief description of the issue: ISO image is created in ''/backup/fedora.iso'' but ''/var/lib/rear/output/fedora.iso'' exists too.
Work-around, if any

gdha commented at 2016-03-23 16:33:¶

See also #734 - it did not get in 1.18 on time.

gdha commented at 2016-09-13 14:36:¶

Move milestone once again due to lack of funding

jmazanek commented at 2016-10-11 14:45:¶

Feature is already implemented in Rear v1.17 . The following configuration works exactly as requested:

#/etc/rear/local.conf
OUTPUT=ISO
BACKUP=NETFS
OUTPUT_URL=null
BACKUP_URL="iso:///backup"
ISO_DIR="/home/test_rear" #Here should be the custom location for iso.

But it is not very intuitive, unless you look into code and you know what variable $ISO_DIR is used for and you figure out that directives in default.conf can be redefined in local.conf.

Is it intended behaviour? Is variable $ISO_DIR meant to be used as a standalone configuration directive? If yes, it should be documented.

jmazanek commented at 2016-10-27 13:30:¶

@gdha Perhaps my last post regarding duplicate iso images was overlooked among the other comments. I think it can prevent lot of unnecessary work in the future. This solution is already being used on enterprise production system with positive feedback

gdha commented at 2016-12-31 09:59:¶

Need to think about it, but it won't be for ReaR v2.0 I'm afraid.

gdha commented at 2017-04-25 18:43:¶

@gdha Add it to the documentation as a FAQ?

gdha commented at 2017-06-01 07:10:¶

As default.conf file entry ISO_DIR has now a better explanation we can close this issue.

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]

#802 Issue closed: Duplicate ISO images - /backup/fedora.iso and /var/lib/rear/output/fedora.iso¶