Synopsis:

This module works with python-digitalocean to allow you to rsync and snapshot your droplets with ease. Great for hourly cron jobs!

Works with posix (*nix, osx, cygwin)

Tested with Python 2.7.8(CYGWIN), 2.7.9(OS X/Linux), 3.4.3(OS X/Linux)

How to install:

PyPI package

via pip

pip install -U python-digitalocean-backup

via source

python setup.py install

NEW: Requires a config file to store your token in $HOME/.digitalocean

[digitalocean]
token = YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN

Example backup script (backup.py):

from digitaloceanbackup import *

for droplet in DigitalOcean().droplets:
    Backup(
        droplet=droplet,
        ssh_user="root",
        ssh_key="do_rsa",
        remote_dirs=['/home', '/var/log', '/var/www'],
        rsync_excludes=['cache', '.DS_Store', 'man3'],
        snapshot_hour=2,
        keep_snapshots=7,
        debug=False
    )

Example hourly cron job:

0 * * * * /usr/bin/python /Users/username/bin/backup.py

Requires:

python-digitalocean>=1.5