sab

sab is a simple backup tool that uses AWS S3:

simple interface to upload/download backup archives
multiple profiles
encryption and compression
STANDARD and DEEP_ARCHIVE (Glacier) storage classes

Installation

cargo install sab

Usage

Create a profile

shell $ sab init S3 Access Key: MY-ACCESS-KEY S3 Secret Key: MY-SECRET-KEY S3 Region [us-east-1]: Bucket Name: my-backups Bucket Prefix for Backups []: laptop/ Enable Encryption? [true]:

Upload a file

shell $ sab upload backup.tar.bz2 -s 50MB [2023-01-22T05:09:24Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_upload] starting upload laptop/backup.tar.bz2 [2023-01-22T05:09:24Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_upload] creating new configuration [2023-01-22T05:09:51Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_upload] uploaded chunk=1 orig-size=50000000 processed-size=50000040 progress=30.16% [2023-01-22T05:10:17Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_upload] uploaded chunk=2 orig-size=50000000 processed-size=50000040 progress=60.31% [2023-01-22T05:10:45Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_upload] uploaded chunk=3 orig-size=50000000 processed-size=50000040 progress=90.47% [2023-01-22T05:10:53Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_upload] uploaded chunk=4 orig-size=15805568 processed-size=15805608 progress=100.00% [2023-01-22T05:10:53Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_upload] upload completed

List backups

shell $ sab list * laptop/backup.tar.bz2

Download backup

shell $ sab download backup.tar.bz2 [2023-01-22T05:13:20Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_download] starting download [2023-01-22T05:13:32Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_download] downloaded chunk=1 size=50000000 progress=30.16% [2023-01-22T05:13:45Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_download] downloaded chunk=2 size=50000000 progress=60.31% [2023-01-22T05:13:58Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_download] downloaded chunk=3 size=50000000 progress=90.47% [2023-01-22T05:14:02Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_download] downloaded chunk=4 size=15805568 progress=100.00% [2023-01-22T05:14:02Z INFO sab::cli::cmd_download] backup successfully downloaded

Note, that if DEEP_ARCHIVE storage class was used when uploading a backup, the file needs to be restored in AWS before it can be downloaded.