In past versions of this guide, I covered Time Machine Server. Here, we’re going to look at backing up the settings of a macOS Server using Bender. To do so, we’re going to install a little app called Bender from the great folks at Robot Cloud. You can download that from http://robotcloud.screenstepslive.com/s/2459/m/5322/l/94467-bender-automated-backup-of-os-x-server-settings.
Once downloaded, run the package installer.
At the Welcome to Bender screen, click Continue.
Agree to the licensing agreement by clicking the Continue button.
Click Agree again (assuming of course that you agree to the license).
Choose who you wish to install the software for and click Continue.
I’d go ahead and install Bender at the default location, so click Install. Once the installer is complete, you can view the installed LaunchDaemon at /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.robotcloud.bender.plist. Note that it calls the /usr/local/robotcloud/bin/bender binary when run at 22:00 every day. If you edit this file, the following settings are available:
host=$(hostname)
macOS=$(sw_vers | awk ‘/ProductVersion/{print substr($2,1,5)}’ | tr -d “.”)
macSN=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk ‘/Serial Number/{print $4}’)
date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M)
pass=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk ‘/Hardware UUID/{print $3}’)
logPath=”/usr/local/robotcloud/logs/bender.log”
pipPath=”/usr/local/robotcloud/bin/scroobiuspip”
pipTitle=”Bender Backup Error on: $macSN”
backupDestination=”/Backups/$date”
keepUntil=”14″
version=”2.3″
versionCheck=”$1″
The most important of these is the backupDestination. You can set this to be the /Backups folder as it is above, or set it to be an external drive. Either should be backed up using your standard backup software.
