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best way to get a delta
Hi there, I don't fully understand what ways there are to get a delta of everything in (for example) /etc that I've modified since installation. TKLBAM will do this, yes? But what form is it in if I want to pick thru it to e.g. look at a VM I've messed with and am now replicating in TLKdev?
Is there another way that doesn't involve making a backup?
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You can do a backup "simulation". If just /etc, then etckeeper
Reply 1Great! Good luck fixing it!
Reply 2As you've probably already realised by now, it's essentially just a git repo with changes noted. If you get stuck trying to work it out, I'm no git hero, but I'm fairly familiar with it...
thanks
Reply 3Ahh, etckeeper looks like it will do 98% of what I need, excellent. I thought there was something like that, glad I wasn't mistaken :)
If the server is linked to the Hub (i.e. via 'tklbam-init') then you can run a backup simulation like this:
You'll then find a /TKLBAM directory on your system. You can have a poke around in there to see what would be included in a backup.
If you just want to know changes to /etc, then an alternative path is to check the etckeeper history. TurnKey includes etckeeper configured to use git to keep track of /etc.
If neither of those work for you (e.g. server not linked to the Hub and want changes outside of /etc) then unfortunately, you'll need to generate a profile. We generate them (from the ISO) when we build the servers, but distribute them via the Hub - so I don't have direct access to old ones. There are some notes on generating profiles in the tklbam-profile repo readme. Also you can view the buildtasks script we use to generate the profiles from the ISO. In case it's not obvious, to create a local "clean" profile, you'll want to run that script against an ISO.