What is Pug?
Pug is an automated incremental backup solution tailored for Linux servers and NAS devices (including local, NFS, or CIFS mounts). Rather than re-uploading entire archives or duplicating data, Pug operates on a continuous, incremental basis. Key features include:
- * Strong File Security: Automatically compresses (via gzip) and encrypts each file individually using AES Crypt (256-bit AES encryption) before it leaves your server.
* Deduplication: Smart detection ensures that identical files are only stored once in cloud storage, minimizing your Amazon S3 storage footprint and reducing costs.
* Revision History & Disaster Recovery: Maintains configurable file retention policies and multiple file revisions, allowing you to easily recover any specific version or restore complete file trees during disaster recovery.
* Automatic Pruning: Automatically expunges deleted files from S3 once they exceed your defined retention period.
- * SHA-256 Hashes: Upgraded default file hashing from SHA-1 to SHA-256 for enhanced cryptographic integrity and security across the archival pipeline.
* MariaDB by Default: Transitioned the primary database driver to MariaDB. System administrators using existing MySQL setups can still utilize MySQL, but MariaDB is now the default configuration.
* Code Modernization: Internal enhancements, refactoring, and code modernizations to improve overall stability and maintainability.
To learn more, read the documentation, or download the latest release, visit: https://pug.packetizer.com.