This application works 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.
Important: 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.
Properties
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Property Name |
Type |
Description |
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in_ip |
IP |
IP address which provides monitoring services to the web interface of the BCK appliance. This property is mandatory |
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out_ip |
IP |
IP address for the external interface used to access the grid controller. This property is mandatory. |
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netmask |
IP |
Netmask for the network on which in_ip and out_ip reside. Default: 255.255.255.0 |
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gateway |
IP |
Address of IP gateway used to route traffic. This property must be specified to access hosts outside of the IP network on which BackupHelper is running. This property is mandatory. |
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dns1 |
IP |
Primary DNS server for BackupHelper. This property is mandatory. |
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dns2 |
IP |
Secondary DNS server for BackupHelper. Default: empty. This property is optional. |
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env |
String |
Reserved for use by BCK and BackupHelper. |
Resources
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Resource |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Default |
|
CPU |
0.3 |
40 |
0.3 |
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Memory |
320 MB |
68 GB |
320 MB |
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Bandwidth |
4 Mbps |
8 Gbps |
50 Mbps |
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. |
Application Architecture
BackupHelper has the following components:
The application infrastructure is shown below:
Open source and 3rd party software used inside of the appliance
BackupHelper includes the following 3rd party open source packages on its content volume.
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Software |
Version |
Modified |
License |
Notes |
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Nirvanix API PHP functions |
N/A |
Yes |
Nirvanix Public License |
homepage |
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phps3tk S3 PHP functions |
N/A |
Yes |
MIT |
homepage |
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PEAR.php |
1.6.2 |
No |
PHP license v3.0 |
PEAR package from PEAR |
|
HMAC.php |
1.0.1 |
No |
PHP license v3.0 |
Crypt_HMAC package from PEAR |
|
Request.php |
1.4.1 |
No |
BSD |
Request package from PEAR |
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Socket.php |
1.0.8 |
No |
PHP license v2.02 |
Net_Socket package from PEAR |
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URL.php |
1.0.15 |
No |
BSD |
Net_URL package from PEAR |
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