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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!