Re: [Duplicity-talk] Ubuntu One headless issues

[Ben]

Ah, now I feel foolish. I somehow missed that critical feature of the program...

I tested the restore and it worked fine. Thanks for the reply.

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:03 PM, <address@hidden> wrote:

On 14.10.2013 19:14, Ben wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to get an automated backup going on a headless server using duplicity and Ubuntu One.
>
> The server runs Ubuntu 12.04, and I successfully installed duplicity 0.6.22 manually because the repository version was to old.
>
> I have still been unable to get a folder to sync to the Ubuntu One cloud, all it does is generate gpg files and upload them every time I try to sync. tmpfolder has a single text file (tempfile2) in it with some random characters inside.
>
> Initial command:
> ~$ duplicity ~/tmpfolder/ u1+http://Ubuntu%20One
> Import of duplicity.backends.dpbxbackend Failed: No module named dropbox
> No Ubuntu One token found in $FTP_PASSWORD, requesting a new one

> Enter Ubuntu One account email: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>

> Enter Ubuntu One password:
>
> Please record your new Ubuntu One access token for future use with duplicity:
> FTP_PASSWORD=such:and:such
>
> Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Level 7:duplicity:Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Last full backup date: none
> Level 7:duplicity:Last full backup date: none
> GnuPG passphrase:
> Retype passphrase to confirm:
> No signatures found, switching to full backup.
> Level 8:duplicity:No signatures found, switching to full backup.
> --------------[ Backup Statistics ]--------------
> StartTime 1381505570.04 (Fri Oct 11 11:32:50 2013)
> EndTime 1381505570.06 (Fri Oct 11 11:32:50 2013)
> ElapsedTime 0.02 (0.02 seconds)
> SourceFiles 2
> SourceFileSize 4111 (4.01 KB)
> NewFiles 2
> NewFileSize 4111 (4.01 KB)
> DeletedFiles 0
> ChangedFiles 0
> ChangedFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
> ChangedDeltaSize 0 (0 bytes)
> DeltaEntries 2
> RawDeltaSize 15 (15 bytes)
> TotalDestinationSizeChange 239 (239 bytes)
> Errors 0
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>
> It creates these files in my ubuntu one parent folder, but does not add anything from my synced folder:
> duplicity-full-signatures.20131011T153204Z.sigtar.gpg
> duplicity-full.20131011T153204Z.manifest.gpg
> duplicity-full.20131011T153204Z.vol1.difftar.gpg
>
> My second time around:
>
> ~$ PASSPHRASE="my_gpg_password" FTP_PASSWORD=such:and:such duplicity ~/tmpfolder/ u1+http://Ubuntu%20One
> Import of duplicity.backends.dpbxbackend Failed: No module named dropbox
> Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Level 7:duplicity:Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Last full backup date: Fri Oct 11 11:32:04 2013
> Level 7:duplicity:Last full backup date: Fri Oct 11 11:32:04 2013
> --------------[ Backup Statistics ]--------------
> StartTime 1381505624.24 (Fri Oct 11 11:33:44 2013)
> EndTime 1381505624.24 (Fri Oct 11 11:33:44 2013)
> ElapsedTime 0.01 (0.01 seconds)
> SourceFiles 2
> SourceFileSize 4111 (4.01 KB)
> NewFiles 0
> NewFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
> DeletedFiles 0
> ChangedFiles 0
> ChangedFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
> ChangedDeltaSize 0 (0 bytes)
> DeltaEntries 0
> RawDeltaSize 0 (0 bytes)
> TotalDestinationSizeChange 102 (102 bytes)
> Errors 0
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Still my folder is not uploaded, but it creates these instead:
> duplicity-inc.20131011T153204Z.to.20131011T153341Z.manifest.gpg
> duplicity-inc.20131011T153204Z.to.20131011T153341Z.vol1.difftar.gpg
> duplicity-new-signatures.20131011T153204Z.to.20131011T153341Z.sigtar.gpg
>
> Every time I try to sync, it just creates new gpg files, and does nothing with the files I asked it to sync. If I delete these .gpg files from the Ubuntu One webside, it will remove them from .cache/duplicity/some_number/ the next time I try to sync.
>
> Could anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks.
>

this looks healthy.. you enabled synchronous encryption via setting PASSPHRASE="", hence your backup ends up encrypted as gpg files on the backend. what is your perceived problem?
were you unable to restore your backup?

..ede/duply.net


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