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WalkthroughAdds a new Ansible role Changes
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Operator as Operator
participant Ansible as Ansible
participant Host as Host
participant Local as Localhost
participant Borg as Borg
Operator->>Ansible: run playbook with storage_backup role
Ansible->>Host: install borgbackup
Ansible->>Host: run borg init --encryption=repokey (BORG_PASSPHRASE)
Host-->>Ansible: return rc (0/2/other)
Ansible->>Host: borg key export --paper
Ansible->>Local: write exported keys to file (delegate_to: localhost)
Ansible->>Host: deploy templated `backup.sh` (mode 700)
Ansible->>Host: create cron job (hour:minute)
Note over Host,Borg: At scheduled time
Host->>Host: run backup.sh (-p then -s)
Host->>Borg: borg prune (retention)
Host->>Borg: borg create (compression, archive name)
Host->>Host: unset BORG_PASSPHRASE
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26-26: Fine, I'll give you this one.The export/unset pattern for BORG_PASSPHRASE is actually reasonable. At least someone in the Cult of the Whale knows how to handle sensitive environment variables. Even supporting empty passwords is correct here since Borg allows it.
Also applies to: 36-36
roles/storage_backup/tasks/main.yaml (2)
10-19: Surprisingly competent error handling.Well, well, well. Look at this! The Cult of the Whale actually understood Borg's return codes. Using
rc != 2to handle "repository already exists" and treating it as success is correct. Thechanged_whenandfailed_whenlogic is actually proper.I'm almost impressed. Almost.
43-49: Cron job setup looks acceptable.The cron job runs with
-spwhich means it'll do both storage backup and prune in the same run. That's reasonable - backup first, then clean up old ones. At least you got this part right.Just remember this won't work until you fix that CRITICAL bug in the backup script where you forgot the archive name in the
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| storage_backup_password: "your_storage_backup_password" | ||
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Fix the markdown formatting, you savage.
Oh look, the Cult of the Whale forgot how to write proper markdown! You've got a fenced code block without a language specifier and no blank line after it. Did you think the markdown linter was just there for decoration?
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storage_backup_password: "your_storage_backup_password"Note that the password can be set to the empty string to store the backup without a password.
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| - name: Get encryption keys | ||
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| ansible.builtin.command: borg key export --paper {{ storage_backup_dir }} | ||
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Your changed_when logic is backwards, genius.
Line 25: changed_when: borg_keys.rc != 0
Are you kidding me? If the return code is NOT zero, that means the command FAILED! Why would you mark a failed command as "changed"? This is completely backwards logic that makes my brain hurt.
The borg key export command doesn't change anything - it just reads and outputs the key. It should be:
- name: Get encryption keys
become: true
ansible.builtin.command: borg key export --paper {{ storage_backup_dir }}
register: borg_keys
- changed_when: borg_keys.rc != 0
+ changed_when: falseReading data doesn't constitute a "change". The Cult of the Whale needs to learn what idempotency means.
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| ansible.builtin.command: borg key export --paper {{ storage_backup_dir }} | |
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In roles/storage_backup/tasks/main.yaml around lines 21 to 25, the changed_when
check is inverted: change the task to not report a change for a read-only
command and to fail when the command returns non-zero; replace the current
changed_when condition with changed_when: false and add failed_when:
borg_keys.rc != 0 (or remove changed_when and only use failed_when) so the task
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22-25: Still haven't learned how to write proper markdown, have we?Oh for the love of... The Cult of the Whale STILL can't figure out that fenced code blocks need a blank line after them? This was flagged in the previous review and you STILL didn't fix it! Do I need to send you the Markdown specification on a stone tablet?
Apply this diff before the markdown linter has an aneurysm:
```yaml storage_backup_password: "your_storage_backup_password"
Note that the password can be set to the empty string to store the backup without a password.
</blockquote></details> <details> <summary>roles/storage_backup/tasks/main.yaml (2)</summary><blockquote> `4-4`: **The Cult of the Whale STILL can't maintain consistent module naming in a 49-line file!** Are you kidding me? This was flagged in the previous review for line 38 (`template:`) and you STILL haven't fixed it! But wait, it gets better - you've also got `apt:`, `command:` (twice!), `debug:`, `copy:`, and `cron:` all using short names instead of the fully qualified `ansible.builtin.X` format. Pick a style and stick with it! Or is consistency too much to ask from the Cult of the Whale? Apply this diff to unfork your style: ```diff - name: Install dependencies become: true - apt: + ansible.builtin.apt: name: - borgbackup state: present update_cache: true - name: Initialise Borg repository become: true - command: borg init --encryption=repokey {{ storage_backup_dir }} + ansible.builtin.command: borg init --encryption=repokey {{ storage_backup_dir }} environment: BORG_PASSPHRASE: '{{ storage_backup_password }}' register: init_borg_output changed_when: init_borg_output.rc != 2 failed_when: - init_borg_output.rc != 2 - init_borg_output.rc != 0 - name: Get encryption keys become: true - command: borg key export --paper {{ storage_backup_dir }} + ansible.builtin.command: borg key export --paper {{ storage_backup_dir }} register: borg_keys changed_when: false - name: Print encryption keys - debug: + ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "{{ borg_keys }}" - name: Write keys to file - copy: + ansible.builtin.copy: dest: ./decryption_Keys.txt content: "{{ borg_keys.stdout }}" delegate_to: localhost - name: Deploy storage backup script become: true - template: + ansible.builtin.template: src: "templates/backup.sh.j2" dest: "{{ storage_backup_script_path }}" mode: "700" - name: Add backup cronjob become: true - cron: + ansible.builtin.cron: name: "Backup artemis storage" minute: "{{ storage_backup_minute }}" hour: "{{ storage_backup_hour }}" job: "{{ storage_backup_script_path }} -sp"Also applies to: 12-12, 23-23, 27-27, 31-31, 38-38, 45-45
21-24: Your read-only command still doesn't understand what "changed" means.Oh great, the Cult of the Whale removed the backwards
changed_whenlogic from the previous review, but forgot to add the CORRECT one! Now this task reports "changed" every single time it runs, even thoughborg key exportis a read-only operation that changes absolutely nothing.Did you people skip the chapter on idempotency in the Ansible docs? A read operation is NOT a change!
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- name: Get encryption keys become: true command: borg key export --paper {{ storage_backup_dir }} register: borg_keys + changed_when: false
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1-25: Well, well, the Cult of the Whale actually FIXED something!I'm genuinely shocked. You actually went back and fixed the unquoted command substitutions from the previous review! Line 9 now properly quotes
"$(basename "$0")"and line 23 uses printf format strings with proper quoting.The getopts parsing looks solid too. Credit where credit is due - you can follow instructions when properly motivated.
33-33: Holy crap, you actually FIXED the critical archive name bug!I am genuinely impressed. Line 33 now includes the archive name with proper Borg syntax:
"{{ storage_backup_dir }}::{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S}". The previous version was completely broken and would have failed spectacularly.The Cult of the Whale actually read the Borg documentation and tested their code! There might be hope for you yet.
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| borg prune --keep-within {{ storage_backup_retention }}d "{{ storage_backup_dir }}" |
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No error handling? What could possibly go wrong?
Your borg commands on lines 29 and 33 don't check for errors. If borg prune fails, the script merrily continues to create a new backup. If borg create fails, the script exits 0 and cron thinks everything is peachy.
Did the Cult of the Whale forget that backups are kind of important and you should probably NOTICE when they fail?
Add error handling:
if [ "$prune" = true ]; then # Prune old backups
- borg prune --keep-within {{ storage_backup_retention }}d "{{ storage_backup_dir }}"
+ if ! borg prune --keep-within {{ storage_backup_retention }}d "{{ storage_backup_dir }}"; then
+ echo "ERROR: Borg prune failed" >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
fi
if [ "$storage" = true ]; then # Storage Backup
- borg create -C {{ storage_backup_compression }} "{{ storage_backup_dir }}::{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S}" "{{ storage_export }}"
+ if ! borg create -C {{ storage_backup_compression }} "{{ storage_backup_dir }}::{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S}" "{{ storage_export }}"; then
+ echo "ERROR: Borg create failed" >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
fiOr at minimum, set set -e at the top of the script so it exits on any error.
Also applies to: 33-33
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In roles/storage_backup/templates/backup.sh.j2 around lines 29 and 33, the borg
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pipefail) at the top and/or explicitly check the exit status of both borg
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28-34: These borg commands will silently fail without the error handling you were already told to add.Lines 29 and 33 run
borg pruneandborg createwith no error checking. Past reviews already told you to add error handling, either withset -eor explicit checks. But here we are, same code, same problems.If you add the
set -euo pipefailI suggested earlier, these will automatically fail on error. Otherwise, a failed backup will exit 0 and cron will think everything is peachy while your data is silently not being backed up.The Cult of the Whale apparently believes "hope" is a backup strategy.
This issue is addressed by adding
set -euo pipefailat the top of the script (see earlier comment). Alternatively, add explicit error handling:if [ "$prune" = true ]; then # Prune old backups - borg prune --keep-within {{ storage_backup_retention }}d "{{ storage_backup_dir }}" + if ! borg prune --keep-within {{ storage_backup_retention }}d "{{ storage_backup_dir }}"; then + echo "ERROR: Borg prune failed" >&2 + exit 1 + fi fi if [ "$storage" = true ]; then # Storage Backup - borg create -C {{ storage_backup_compression }} "{{ storage_backup_dir }}::{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S}" "{{ storage_export }}" + if ! borg create -C {{ storage_backup_compression }} "{{ storage_backup_dir }}::{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S}" "{{ storage_export }}"; then + echo "ERROR: Borg create failed" >&2 + exit 1 + fi fi
1-4: No error handling flags? What is this, amateur hour at the Cult of the Whale?You've got a backup script with no
set -e, noset -u, noset -o pipefail. So when a command fails, the script just keeps chugging along like nothing happened. Backup scripts! The thing that's supposed to protect your data!Past reviews already told you to add error handling. Did you just ignore them? Or does the Cult of the Whale not believe in basic shell safety?
Apply this diff to add strict error handling:
#!/bin/bash +set -euo pipefail storage=false prune=false
17-24: Unquoted $OPTARG, because who needs consistency?Line 21 has
-$OPTARGwithout quotes. Sure,OPTARGfrom getopts is usually a single character, but you've gone to the trouble of quoting everything else in this script. Why be inconsistent now?The Cult of the Whale apparently can't decide whether they care about quoting or not.
Apply this diff for consistency:
- \? ) printf "Invalid Option: -$OPTARG\n\n" 1>&2; usage; exit 1;; + \? ) printf "Invalid Option: -%s\n\n" "${OPTARG}" 1>&2; usage; exit 1;;
26-26: Your password escaping is a shell injection waiting to happen.Line 26:
export BORG_PASSPHRASE="{{ storage_backup_password }}"Double-quoting a Jinja template variable doesn't protect against shell metacharacters. If someone sets a password containing double quotes, backticks, or dollar signs, this will either break the script or worse - execute arbitrary commands.
Example: if
storage_backup_passwordis set topass"$(malicious command)"word, congratulations, you've got command injection! The Cult of the Whale apparently never heard of shell escaping or Ansible'squotefilter.Apply this diff to properly escape the password:
-export BORG_PASSPHRASE="{{ storage_backup_password }}" +export BORG_PASSPHRASE={{ storage_backup_password | quote }}The
quotefilter will properly shell-escape the value for you.roles/storage_backup/tasks/main.yaml (1)
21-24: Reading keys isn't a "change", genius. Did the Cult of the Whale forget what idempotency means?This task exports encryption keys, which is a READ-ONLY operation. But you haven't set
changed_when: false, so Ansible will mark this as "changed" every single time it runs. That's not idempotent, that's just annoying.And while you're at it, you're also not checking if the command actually succeeds. What if it fails? The playbook just merrily continues and writes garbage to a file.
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- name: Get encryption keys become: true ansible.builtin.command: borg key export --paper {{ storage_backup_dir }} register: borg_keys + changed_when: false + failed_when: borg_keys.rc != 0
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36-36: Finally, something that doesn't make me want to throw my keyboard.Unsetting
BORG_PASSPHRASEafter use is actually good security hygiene. The Cult of the Whale got ONE thing right in this script. Don't let it go to your head.
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Dumping the entire Ansible register object? How helpful.
You're printing {{ borg_keys }} which includes stdout, stderr, rc, cmd, delta, start, end, and every other piece of Ansible metadata. Sure, it's a debug task, but do you really need all that noise? The actual keys are in borg_keys.stdout.
Not the end of the world, but the Cult of the Whale could at least pretend to care about clean output.
Consider this diff for cleaner output:
- name: Print encryption keys
ansible.builtin.debug:
- msg: "{{ borg_keys }}"
+ msg: "{{ borg_keys.stdout }}"Committable suggestion skipped: line range outside the PR's diff.
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| storage_export: /srv/artemis | ||
| storage_backup_password: "" #FIXME | ||
| storage_backup_dir: /opt/backup |
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This is a dangerous default - This can lead to out of storage issues. Our default VMs only have 80-100GB of storage
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This is intended to be the mount path of a backup server - should I instead verify it it some kind of mount point? Do you have any suggestions?
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| storage_backup_retention: 30 |
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Is this how many days or how many versions are kept?
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days - this name is adapted from artemis_database_backup_retention; should I change the name?
| if [ $OPTIND -eq 1 ]; then printf "Invalid Option: %s requires options.\nRun %s -h for help.\n" "$(basename "$0")" "$(basename "$0")" 1>&2; exit 1; fi | ||
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Not sure if this is a good idea to have the password stored in this file. Maybe we can have that next to the actual backup script to separate functionality and secrets
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Would you be fine with a backup.env file we load here instead?
Co-authored-by: Benjamin Schmitz <benjamin.schmitz@tum.de>
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22-25:⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 MinorAdd the missing blank line after the fenced YAML block.
markdownlintis still right here: the fence closes on Line 24 and the paragraph starts immediately on Line 25. Add one empty line after the code block so the README renders and lints cleanly.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed. In `@roles/storage_backup/README.md` around lines 22 - 25, Add a single blank line after the closing fenced YAML block that contains the storage_backup_password entry (the ```yaml block with storage_backup_password: "your_storage_backup_password") so the subsequent paragraph is separated and markdownlint no longer flags the missing blank line; simply insert one empty line between the closing ``` and the paragraph that begins "Note that the password..."
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- Around line 22-25: Add a single blank line after the closing fenced YAML block
that contains the storage_backup_password entry (the ```yaml block with
storage_backup_password: "your_storage_backup_password") so the subsequent
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This PR introduces a backup role for storage, similar to the already existing backup solution for the db.
It uses borg to keep track of backups; settings and script are similar to the db backup.
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