Sangoma Linux and mondo archive
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So you have Sangoma's PBX installed on a system, or you've used an iso and have that installed and are attempting a restore?
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@dustinb3403 I have freepbx installed and now I am attempting to come up a disaster recovery plan.
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@jnaugle said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@dustinb3403 I have freepbx installed and now I am attempting to come up a disaster recovery plan.
Installed how, as a VM, on physical hardware?
My initial thought is block level backups (because well. . . they're easy to use). I'm sure @JaredBusch will call me stupid though. . .
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@dustinb3403 actual hardware based machine.
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Using what Linux distro? There are a plethora of options of Distro and backup solutions.
And while hardware based isn't unheard of, most people would recommend you run your PBX as a VM.
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@dustinb3403 its Sangoma Linux the latest distro from freepbx.org
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@jnaugle said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@dustinb3403 I have freepbx installed and now I am attempting to come up a disaster recovery plan.
Are you trying to do agent based backups, agentless based backups, or some sort of script?
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@jnaugle said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@dustinb3403 actual hardware based machine.
Definitely avoid that. Your phone system is normally something important. Important and "physical install" don't go together. Physical installs are okay for desktops or laptops, not for server workloads.
A specific area that is hurt or limited dramatically by going physical... disaster recovery.
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@jnaugle said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@dustinb3403 its Sangoma Linux the latest distro from freepbx.org
So Sangoma 7, basically CentOS 7, but not quite.
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Veeam Agent for Linux is free and would be an option here. But no matter what, get this virtualized. I like agent based backups more than most, but they can't be used as an excuse to do a physical install.
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I'm not familiar with Mondo Archive. Is that some backup software?
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@scottalanmiller said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
Veeam Agent for Linux is free and would be an option here. But no matter what, get this virtualized. I like agent based backups more than most, but they can't be used as an excuse to do a physical install.
He could also go open source and use UrBackup or depending on what Hypervisor he has use some option there.
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@scottalanmiller said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
I'm not familiar with Mondo Archive. Is that some backup software?
I believe he's asking what is the best way to archive a mongodb database.
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Also, FreePBX has built in backup utility for the application. There is no need to back up the Linux OS. You can, but it's not necessary or particularly useful. Just restore the OS, and restore the settings.
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@dustinb3403 said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@scottalanmiller said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
I'm not familiar with Mondo Archive. Is that some backup software?
I believe he's asking what is the best way to archive a mongodb database.
mongodump
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@scottalanmiller said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
Also, FreePBX has built in backup utility for the application. There is no need to back up the Linux OS. You can, but it's not necessary or particularly useful. Just restore the OS, and restore the settings.
It sucks though. Had tons of issues with it over the years.
That is actually the big feature of FreePBX 15 (just now in Alpha testing).
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@jaredbusch said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@scottalanmiller said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
Also, FreePBX has built in backup utility for the application. There is no need to back up the Linux OS. You can, but it's not necessary or particularly useful. Just restore the OS, and restore the settings.
It sucks though. Had tons of issues with it over the years.
That is actually the big feature of FreePBX 15 (just now in Alpha testing).
I know, I'm looking forward to FreePBX 15 a lot.
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@jaredbusch said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@scottalanmiller said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
Also, FreePBX has built in backup utility for the application. There is no need to back up the Linux OS. You can, but it's not necessary or particularly useful. Just restore the OS, and restore the settings.
It sucks though. Had tons of issues with it over the years.
That is actually the big feature of FreePBX 15 (just now in Alpha testing).
What's your preferred choice for FreePBX backups? If you're running on Vultr or other VPS I assume you're using their backup options but for anyone running an on-premises physical box, what's your recommendation? Has anyone ever used something like Veeam Agent for Linux? Is that even a viable option?
I've not had to recover a FreePBX setup from backup so learning that it sucks means I should probably look at other options for clients.
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@nashbrydges use any solution that works for your provider or hypervisor.
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@dustinb3403 said in Sangoma Linux and mondo archive:
@nashbrydges use any solution that works for your provider or hypervisor.
Thanks, yeah that makes obvious sense, but the question is related to on-premises physical box FreePBX installs. I have a couple clients with Sangoma FreePBX appliances (no HA) so it's for these specific use-cases that I was asking about.
