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mr_evil_116524
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusAutomated Backup Solution
Hello All, I am trying to set up following auto backup solution found here - https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iApp.Complete-F5-Automated-Backup-Solution.ashxDescription_1?NS=iApp
I have followed everything created the key as documented and I have tested from F5 CLI and I was able to SFTP and SCP without password (I selected the option backup on this f5).
However when I use the GUI and select the option SFTP or SCP it requires me to put in "Enter the SSH private key to be used for passwordless authentication" and "Set the remote directory the archive should be copied to"
So the question is for SSH private key do I get that from /root/.ssh/id_rsa ? and do I copy paste the entire key? Also for destination does it use "/" or "\".
Lastly where is log kept of this iAPP? I have looked almost everything couldnt find it?
Please help.
Thanks
mr_evil_116524I have found the logs, and what I can see in there as follows: Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password).
Cory_50405Noctilucent
The key you are looking for should be /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
- mr_evil_116524Hi Cory, I know where to find the key but how do I copy paste the content of the file in txt box as there is no way for me tell whether entire is has been uploaded there or not. Thanks
- Cory_50405You can print to screen the private key using cat. cat /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
- mr_evil_116524Hi Cory, I have done that before I am still getting the same error.... and shouldn't it be the RSA key .... ? Anyway I have used the RSA private key which didnt work ? Any other idea? Thanks
MarvinCirrocumulus
I used ssh-keygen -t rsa to generate a new keypair and it is saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa. You need to import id_rsa.pub in authorized_keys file of the receiving sftp server host in $HOME/.ssh. Make sure that you have the appropiate read rights on the receiving server to this file.
- Marvin
Also I used the following scripts to automate backup using SFTP and the sent an email if the upload failes. The local created backup files are automatically on the Big IP to save disk space.
!/bin/bashDATE=
Here we create the ucs archive and append the datedate "+%m_%d_%y"tmsh save sys ucs bigip.backup.$DATE
upload SFTP to SFTP_servercd /var/local/ucs/ sftp backupuser@SFTP_server <
check if the upload has succeeded or failed. If failed mail error messageif [ $? -eq 0 ] then sleep 5 rm /var/local/ucs/bigip.backup.$DATE.ucs else ftp session failed mail -s "ftp backup file failed from BigIP" mail@mail.com < /dev/null fi
- Marvin
description !/bin/bash DATE=
date "+%m_%d_%y"description Here we create the ucs archive tmsh save sys ucs bigip.backup.$DATE
description upload SFTP to SFTP_server cd /var/local/ucs/ sftp backupuser@SFTP_server <
description check if the upload has succeeded or failed. If failed mail error message
if [ $? -eq 0 ] then sleep 5 rm /var/local/ucs/bigip.backup.$DATE.ucs
else ftp session failed
mail -s "ftp backup file failed from bigip" mail@mail.com < /dev/nullfi
Hi! I just want to share a simple backup solution. Try doing this (source: ">http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html" target="_blank">">http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html😞
ssh-keygen -t rsaThen you can give my script a try: ">https://github.com/rileyschuit/bash-tools/blob/master/bigip_backups.sh" target="_blank">">https://github.com/rileyschuit/bash-tools/blob/master/bigip_backups.sh
Adjust the array to point to your management addresses they use the argument "setup" to copy the public keys in the right place. Adjust the target directory as well, if needed.
- Thank the devcentral WYSIWYG for making my post super ugly....
- Daniel_Tavernie
Cirrostratus
Check out GitHub for the latest version of the F5 Automated Backup iApp, and submit any bugs or questions as an "Issue" on GitHub:
https://github.com/tabernarious/f5-automated-backup-iapp