Python Backup Script

by Febry

This backup script mostly written by python.

• ✨Backup✨

Features

• Backup Cisco ASA, Switch, Nexus, WLC
• Backup F5, Bluecoat, Tanberg
• Backup based on Date
• Added logging to track backup status or process

Prerequisite

This backup script requires python-3.6 ++ to run.

Install the dependencies.

pip3 install -U netmiko --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host pypi.python.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --user
pip3 install -U pexpect --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host pypi.python.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --user

or

python3 -m pip install -U netmiko --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host pypi.python.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --user
python3 -m pip install -U pexpect --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host pypi.python.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --user

How to use

Make sure you edit .credentials (credentials to login the devices) Change your username and password on .credentials file

Make sure you edit network_backup.py (backup configuration) Change /path-to-your to your windows or linux directory

Make sure you edit inventory file

Inventory can be :

devices
devices:username:password

If you only mentioned device it will use username/password on .credentials file. If you put : it will use local credentials.

Make sure your hostname already registered on /etc/hosts or you can put IP directly in inventory

Tree file

• network_backup.py
• inventory-asa
• inventory-f5
• inventory-nexus
• inventory-switch
• inventory-wlc
• inventory-bluecoat
• inventory-tanberg
• backup
  • backup file 1
  • backup file 2
  • backup file 3
• logging
  • backup logging process file1
  • backup logging process file2
  • backup logging process file3

Execution

To execute the program, just enter this on your linux machine.

chmod +x network_backup.py
./network_backup.py

Integration with Crontab

You can schedule this script using crontab to run every day at 1 AM example

crontab -e

Edit crontab file

### run daily backup ###
0 1 * * * /path-to-your/backup/network_backup.py > /dev/null 2>&1

License

Free Software, Hell Yeah!