= Backup Design =

May First/People Link operates both onsite and offsite backup servers. In each colocation center, all servers copy their data to the onsite backup and the offsite backup on a nightly basis. The backup is run via backupninja and configured via [wiki:puppet puppet].

== Onsite backup servers ==

=== Telehouse ===

In telehouse, we have the physical server barron, which runs the virtual guest iz. Iz provides the primary onsite backpu in Telehouse. We also have a legacy onsite backup servers robideau and blanco.

=== XO ===

In XO, all servers backup to luisa.mayfirst.org.

== Offsite backup servers ==

Our offsite backup servers are designed to be placed behind nat'ed firewalls. They have a runit service that connects them to a server with a static IP address and creates an ssh proxy.

=== banks and minnie ===

`banks` and `minnie` are the only offsite backup servers currently running. 

The following connection details can be used for banks:

 * banks.mayfirst.org:2200 (connect via proxy on iz.mayfirst.org)

In order to access banks, please add the following stanza do your ~/.ssh/config file:

{{{
Host banks.mayfirst.org
Port 2200
}}}

The following connection details can be used for minnie:

 * minnie.mayfirst.org:2201 (connect via proxy on iz.mayfirst.org)

In order to access minnie, please add the following stanza do your ~/.ssh/config file:

{{{
Host minnie.mayfirst.org
Port 2201
}}}