Re: [Sks-devel] backup and restore database

[Rafael]

We have the SKS in a old computer that we dont use to backup, so I figure it should be safe to do it once in a while. As its local and for few hundred

 users, its easier than ask everyone to resend their pks.

Thanks for the help.

2013/5/28 John Clizbe <address@hidden>

Rafael wrote:
> We have here a local SKS only for local users, how can I backup and restore
> all public keys from my server??

When I first read the subject I thought, "Why, unless it's for local use only?"

Backup --> sks dump

Restore/Creation --> sks build, followed by sks clean and sks pbuild.

'man sks' and 'sks help' should be enough guidance for 'sks dump'

If it is not too large of a database, you might find it easier to just tar up
the two DB directories after a bit of cleanup:

    cd /var/sks
    for DB in KDB PTree
      do
        db_recover    -h  $DB
        db_checkpoint -1h $DB
        db_archive    -dh $DB
    done
    tar cf sks-dbs.tar KDB PTree

My inner-sysadmin would do both for backup and prefer the tar ball for restore.

One other question as a SKS developer, other than for disaster recovery, why
do you think you need to backup/restore? It's not needed for upgrades of SKS
or Berkeley DB, so... why do it?

[Note: Please read the UPGRADING file in the source[0] (it should also be in
any distro pkg) BEFORE upgrading SKS and/or BDB. At the very least, you'll
save yourself some unneeded work.]

-John

[0] https://bitbucket.org/skskeyserver/sks-keyserver/src/3785eed0cdbf/UPGRADING
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