goback agent

Run a machine’s scheduled backups from one config file

The config file names the store once. It lists each backup with its kind and schedule. A global flag or its environment variable overrides the matching store setting in the file.

goback [global flags] agent <command>

agent run

Run the backups until SIGTERM; SIGHUP reloads the backups from the config

goback [global flags] agent run [flags]

Flag	Description	Environment	Default
--config value	the agent’s YAML config file	GOBACK_CONFIG

agent check

Check the config, the store and each backup’s database

check validates the config and opens the store. It prints each job’s last run and next due time. It connects to each backup’s database and lists what the database lacks for the backup.

goback [global flags] agent check [flags]

Flag	Description	Environment	Default
--config value	the agent’s YAML config file	GOBACK_CONFIG

agent status

Print the status file of a running agent without opening the store

goback [global flags] agent status [flags]

Flag	Description	Environment	Default
--config value	the agent’s YAML config file	GOBACK_CONFIG
--check	exit 1 if the agent is hung or a job is stale; exit 2 if there is no status to read