Here are some documents about the future improvement in backup feature
Potential future api : http://pad.arn-fai.net/p/yunohost-backup-api
Description of the actual process [in french] : http://pad.arn-fai.net/p/yunohost-backup-process
Description of future feature [in french] : http://pad.arn-fai.net/p/yunohost-backup
Roadmap suggestion
RELEASE 1 -> 2.6 : Preparation for future backup methods
With this release, it should be possible to link manually a yunohost to an external backup tools without needing too many space on the instance
- ynh_backup and ynh_restore helpers improvement https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/334
RELEASE 2 : SSH Key
- Generate a ssh key and display the public-key with yunohost tools public-key https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/831
RELEASE 3 : Deduplicated, remoted and filtered backup
This release will allow deduplication and remote backup
- Manage different backup repository https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/832
- [–repo REPO] [–method borg|tar] in backup create https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/615
- Restart a stopped backup https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/833
- –type option on yunohost backup create https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/834
RELEASE 4 : Timeschedule and regular automatic backup
- Cron and prune for backup https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/835
RELEASE 5 : An app to host his backup’s friends !
- friend_backup_ynh Apps + automatic quota/timeschedule detection https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/836
Other release
- Exclude a path from a backup https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/837
- Explore and download a (part of) backup https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/838
- Speed test https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/839
- Smart prune with quota considération and notification https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/840
- Notification
- Monitoring https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/841
- –exclude-hooks et --exclude-apps features https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/842
- Storage et usb key automatic mount https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/305
- Backup only one user https://dev.yunohost.org/issues/148
- Tahoe Lafs or other techno to federate several storage ?