Privia Security, Proxmox Config Backup-PCB v1.0 is a script designed to back up the configuration files from the /etc/pve/ and /etc/corosync/ directories on a Proxmox server and send these backups as an email via a specified SMTP server. The service is configured to run every night at 23:59. It logs the success or failure of email sending to the /var/log/pcb/ directory.

1. wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mindspoof/PCB/main/setup_pcb_service.sh -O /tmp/setup_pcb_service.sh
2. cd /tmp/
3. Make the chmod +x setup_pcb_service.sh file executable:
4. sudo ./setup_pcb_service.sh
5. When the script runs, it will prompt you for the following information:
   • SMTP Server
   • SMTP Port
   • SMTP User
   • SMTP Password (hidden input)
   • Sender Address
   • Recipient Address (TO)

After installation, the script will run every night at 23:59, backing up the specified directories and sending the backups as an email. Success and failure logs of the backup and email sending process will be saved in /var/log/pcb/backup.log.

• setup.sh: The installation and configuration script.
• send_pve_files.py: The backup script.
• pcb-backup.service: The systemd service file.
• pcb-backup.timer: The systemd timer file.

You can manage the service and timer using the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable pcb-backup.timer

sudo systemctl start pcb-backup.service

sudo systemctl disable pcb-backup.timer

Logs related to the email sending and backup processes will be saved in /var/log/pcb/pcb.log This log file will contain detailed information about errors and successful operations.