LDAP: need automatic backups for the database

[jack-oquin]

[jack-oquin]

@piyushk: this is an important step that needs work. I suppose it involves copying one or more files to somewhere that gets backed up automatically by the department.

Will you handle it?

[jack-oquin]

Generating a backup file using slapcat looks straightforward:

• https://supportex.net/blog/2011/02/backup-restore-ldap-database/
• http://linux.die.net/man/8/slapcat

Running this today produced a mere 38315 bytes of ASCII text:

sudo slapcat -v -l ldap.backup

Ideally, we should copy that file to some BWI storage space on the main CS systems which are regularly backed up. But, I don't have access to that.

So, meanwhile, for disaster recovery, I made a copy on zapp in /etc/bwi/ldap/backup.ldap. At least that way we won't lose everything if nixons-head gets hacked.