zrepl - ZFS replication¶
zrepl is a one-stop, integrated solution for ZFS replication.
Job: prod_to_backups Type: push Replication: Attempt #1 Status: fan-out-filesystems Progress: [=========================\----] 246.7 MiB / 264.7 MiB @ 11.5 MiB/s zroot STEPPING (step 1/2, 624 B/1.2 KiB) next: @a => @b zroot/ROOT DONE (step 2/2, 1.2 KiB/1.2 KiB) zroot/ROOT/default STEPPING (step 1/2, 123.4 MiB/129.3 MiB) next: @a => @b zroot/tmp STEPPING (step 1/2, 29.9 KiB/44.2 KiB) next: @a => @b zroot/usr STEPPING (step 1/2, 624 B/1.2 KiB) next: @a => @b zroot/usr/home STEPPING (step 1/2, 123.3 MiB/135.3 MiB) next: @a => @b zroot/var STEPPING (step 1/2, 624 B/1.2 KiB) next: @a => @b zroot/var/audit DONE (step 2/2, 1.2 KiB/1.2 KiB) zroot/var/crash DONE (step 2/2, 1.2 KiB/1.2 KiB) zroot/var/log STEPPING (step 1/2, 22.0 KiB/29.2 KiB) next: @a => @b zroot/var/mail STEPPING (step 1/2, 624 B/1.2 KiB) next: @a => @b Pruning Sender: ... Pruning Receiver:
Getting started¶
The 10 minutes tutorial setup gives you a first impression.
Main Features¶
- Filesystem replication
- [x] Pull & Push mode
- [x] Multiple transport transports: TCP, TCP + TLS client auth, SSH
- Advanced replication features
- [x] Automatic retries for temporary network errors
- [ ] Resumable send & receive
- [ ] Compressed send & receive
- [ ] Raw encrypted send & receive
- Automatic snapshot management
- [x] Periodic filesystem snapshots
- [x] Flexible pruning rule system
- [x] Age-based fading (grandfathering scheme)
- [x] Bookmarks to avoid divergence between sender and receiver
- Sophisticated Monitoring & Logging
- [x] Live progress reporting via zrepl status subcommand
- [x] Comprehensive, structured logging
human
,logfmt
andjson
formatting- stdout, syslog and TCP (+TLS client auth) outlets
- [x] Prometheus monitoring endpoint
- Maintainable implementation in Go
- [x] Cross platform
- [x] Type safe & testable code
Attention
zrepl as well as this documentation is still under active development. There is no stability guarantee on the RPC protocol or configuration format, but we do our best to document breaking changes in the Changelog.
Contributing¶
We are happy about any help we can get!
- Explore the codebase
- These docs live in the
docs/
subdirectory
- These docs live in the
- Document any non-obvious / confusing / plain broken behavior you encounter when setting up zrepl for the first time
- Check the Issues and Projects sections for things to do. The good first issues and docs are suitable starting points.
Development Workflow
The GitHub repository is where all development happens. Make sure to read the Developer Documentation section and open new issues or pull requests there.