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BackupHelper - helper application for BCK appliance
Latest Version: 1.2.5-1
Functional Overview
This application works in conjuction with the BCK appliance to enable applications to backup or restore a copy of themselves using remote services such as Amazon Simple Storage Services (S3), Nirvanix, Layerd Technologies DynaVol, ftp and sftp.
The BackupHelper application is provisioned by the BCK appliance and is not intended to be provisioned or configured manually, either by regular users or maintainers.
Boundary
Properties
| Property Name | Type | Description |
|---|
in_ip | IP | IP address which provides monitoring services to the web interface of the BCK appliance. This property is mandatory |
out_ip | IP | IP address for the external interface used to access the grid controller. This property is mandatory. |
netmask | IP | Netmask for the network on which in_ip and out_ip reside. Default: 255.255.255.0 |
gateway | IP | Address of IP gateway used to route traffic. This property must be specified in order to access hosts outside of the IP network on which BackupHelper is running. This property is mandatory. |
dns1 | IP | Primary DNS server for BackupHelper. This property is mandatory. |
dns2 | IP | Secondary DNS server for BackupHelper. Default: empty. This property is optional. |
env | String | Reserved for use by BCK and BackupHelper. |
Resources
User Volumes
None.
Application Volumes
The BackupHelper application has the following volume:
| Volume | Description |
|---|
content | File system containing scripts, logs and web interface. This volume should not be modified. |
Implementation details
Application Architecture
BackupHelper has the following components:
- one firewalled input gateway
- one web server
- one content file server
- one firewalled network output gateway
The application infrastructure is shown below:
Notes
Open source and 3rd party software used inside of the appliance
BackupHelper includes the following 3rd party open source packages on its
content volume.
Questions and Comments
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StephenQ - 27 Jan 2010
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