====== FreeIPA Backup IPA Data ======

**General Information**

Run this script periodically via cron to create data only online local backups of the IPA database. Will also cleanup older backups.

**Checklist**
  * Distro(s): Enterprise Linux 6/7
  * Other: [[http://www.unixmen.com/configure-freeipa-server-centos-7/|FreeIPA Server Installed]] (script runs there)

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====== The Script ======

Run this script periodically via cron.

<code bash cron_backup-ipa-data.sh>
#!/bin/bash
# Name: cron_backup-ipa-data.sh
# Description: Meant to be executed via cron: Backup IPA data
# Last Updated: 2016-10-07
# Recent Changes:-initial release
################################################################

#=========================
#### Main Starts Here ####
#=========================

echo -e "\n>> Backing up IPA data only in online mode..."
# Perform an online, data only backup
/usr/sbin/ipa-backup --data --online

# Cleanup => Find directories older than 7 days and remove them
echo -e "\n>> Cleaning up directories older than 7 days..."
find /var/lib/ipa/backup/ -type d -mtime +7 -print0 | xargs -0 /usr/bin/rm -vrf

echo -e "\n>> Backup completed."
</code>

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