cymbiotica/eznv

EZNV

EZ backup and restore of your computing NVironment

Purpose

Backup important config files and program-installed dependency lists to a private gist automatically, and restore installation easily as well.

Requirements

• MacOS 10 (only tested on 10.13.4)
• Python 3.6
• gist command line gister
• binaries listed in GENERATE INSTALL LIST FILES section of eznv_backup.sh
• config files listed in CONFIG FILES TO SAVE section of eznv_backup.sh

Setup

1. Download or Fork and Clone the contents of this repo
2. Edit the following in eznv_backup.sh to suit your needs:
   • CONFIG FILES TO SAVE section: include configuration files you want backed up

     these will not be re-installed on restore, just backed up

   • GENERATE INSTALL LIST FILES section: edit expressions to generate install lists for programs you want backed up
     • expressions must output a file with a [program_name].install formatted name
     • items in [program_name].install must be on their own line
3. Edit restore_installers.json to suit your needs:
   • You can add installer configurations for restoring from *.install files saved by eznv_backup.sh. The restore_installers.json file in root dir is set up in the following format:

   {
       "[program_name]": {
           "sh_item_command": "[shell_command]"
       }
   }

   • program_name = * in *.install
   • shell_command = shell comand that would be run on each item in *.install list with {item} added to command where item from list would normally appear within command
   • EXAMPLE:

   {
       "brew": {
           "sh_item_command": "brew install {item}"
       }
   }

Usage

Backup

• run sh eznv_backup.sh
• once backup is complete, your backup gist will be opened in a new browser window

Restore

• run python3 eznv_restore.sh [gist_id]

License

GNU GPLv3