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Backup and Shrink Raspberry Pi Images

Backup and Shrink Raspberry Pi Images

This set of scripts will back up the Raspberry Pi SD card to local (not the same SD card) storage. It will optionally shrink the image to the minimum size possible.

#!/bin/bash
# Script to back up Raspberry Pi image to local storage
# Shrink image script from: https://github.com/Drewsif/PiShrink
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run as root. Exiting."
exit
fi
CWD=/home/pi/backup-scripts
BUD=/nas/data/PiBackups
SDC=/dev/mmcblk0
NOW=`date '+%Y%m%d%H%M'`;
HOST=$HOSTNAME
FILE=$HOST$NOW
# Set dirty bit to force fsck upon boot of backup image
echo
echo Setting dirty bit on file system.
touch /boot/forcefsck
echo Complete.
echo If script is interrupted, rm /boot/forcefsck manually.
echo
echo Backing up $SDC to $BUD/$FILE.img.
echo Keep system quiet if possible.
dd if=$SDC of=$BUD/$FILE.img bs=1M
echo Complete.
echo
# Requires PiShrink
# https://github.com/Drewsif/PiShrink
echo Shrinking $BUD/$FILE.img.
$CWD/pishrink.sh $BUD/$FILE.img
echo
echo Setting $BUD/$FILE.img to world read and write.
chmod 666 $BUD/$FILE.img
echo Complete.
echo
echo Cleaning dirty bit.
rm /boot/forcefsck
echo Complete.
# To "clean" SD Card if image will not shrink:
#dd if=/dev/zero of=zero.file
#rm zero.file
#!/bin/bash
version="v0.1.2"
CURRENT_DIR="$(pwd)"
SCRIPTNAME="${0##*/}"
MYNAME="${SCRIPTNAME%.*}"
LOGFILE="${CURRENT_DIR}/${SCRIPTNAME%.*}.log"
REQUIRED_TOOLS="parted losetup tune2fs md5sum e2fsck resize2fs"
ZIPTOOLS=("gzip xz")
declare -A ZIP_PARALLEL_TOOL=( [gzip]="pigz" [xz]="xz" ) # parallel zip tool to use in parallel mode
declare -A ZIP_PARALLEL_OPTIONS=( [gzip]="-f9" [xz]="-T0" ) # options for zip tools in parallel mode
declare -A ZIPEXTENSIONS=( [gzip]="gz" [xz]="xz" ) # extensions of zipped files
function info() {
echo "$SCRIPTNAME: $1 ..."
}
function error() {
echo -n "$SCRIPTNAME: ERROR occured in line $1: "
shift
echo "$@"
}
function cleanup() {
if losetup "$loopback" &>/dev/null; then
losetup -d "$loopback"
fi
if [ "$debug" = true ]; then
local old_owner=$(stat -c %u:%g "$src")
chown "$old_owner" "$LOGFILE"
fi
}
function logVariables() {
if [ "$debug" = true ]; then
echo "Line $1" >> "$LOGFILE"
shift
local v var
for var in "$@"; do
eval "v=\$$var"
echo "$var: $v" >> "$LOGFILE"
done
fi
}
function checkFilesystem() {
info "Checking filesystem"
e2fsck -pf "$loopback"
(( $? < 4 )) && return
info "Filesystem error detected!"
info "Trying to recover corrupted filesystem"
e2fsck -y "$loopback"
(( $? < 4 )) && return
if [[ $repair == true ]]; then
info "Trying to recover corrupted filesystem - Phase 2"
e2fsck -fy -b 32768 "$loopback"
(( $? < 4 )) && return
fi
error $LINENO "Filesystem recoveries failed. Giving up..."
exit 9
}
function set_autoexpand() {
#Make pi expand rootfs on next boot
mountdir=$(mktemp -d)
partprobe "$loopback"
mount "$loopback" "$mountdir"
if [ ! -d "$mountdir/etc" ]; then
info "/etc not found, autoexpand will not be enabled"
umount "$mountdir"
return
fi
if [[ -f "$mountdir/etc/rc.local" ]] && [[ "$(md5sum "$mountdir/etc/rc.local" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" != "1c579c7d5b4292fd948399b6ece39009" ]]; then
echo "Creating new /etc/rc.local"
if [ -f "$mountdir/etc/rc.local" ]; then
mv "$mountdir/etc/rc.local" "$mountdir/etc/rc.local.bak"
fi
#####Do not touch the following lines#####
cat <<\EOF1 > "$mountdir/etc/rc.local"
#!/bin/bash
do_expand_rootfs() {
ROOT_PART=$(mount | sed -n 's|^/dev/\(.*\) on / .*|\1|p')
PART_NUM=${ROOT_PART#mmcblk0p}
if [ "$PART_NUM" = "$ROOT_PART" ]; then
echo "$ROOT_PART is not an SD card. Don't know how to expand"
return 0
fi
# Get the starting offset of the root partition
PART_START=$(parted /dev/mmcblk0 -ms unit s p | grep "^${PART_NUM}" | cut -f 2 -d: | sed 's/[^0-9]//g')
[ "$PART_START" ] || return 1
# Return value will likely be error for fdisk as it fails to reload the
# partition table because the root fs is mounted
fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 <<EOF
p
d
$PART_NUM
n
p
$PART_NUM
$PART_START
p
w
EOF
cat <<EOF > /etc/rc.local &&
#!/bin/sh
echo "Expanding /dev/$ROOT_PART"
resize2fs /dev/$ROOT_PART
rm -f /etc/rc.local; cp -f /etc/rc.local.bak /etc/rc.local; /etc/rc.local
EOF
reboot
exit
}
raspi_config_expand() {
/usr/bin/env raspi-config --expand-rootfs
if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
return -1
else
rm -f /etc/rc.local; cp -f /etc/rc.local.bak /etc/rc.local; /etc/rc.local
reboot
exit
fi
}
raspi_config_expand
echo "WARNING: Using backup expand..."
sleep 5
do_expand_rootfs
echo "ERROR: Expanding failed..."
sleep 5
if [[ -f /etc/rc.local.bak ]]; then
cp -f /etc/rc.local.bak /etc/rc.local
/etc/rc.local
fi
exit 0
EOF1
#####End no touch zone#####
chmod +x "$mountdir/etc/rc.local"
fi
umount "$mountdir"
}
help() {
local help
read -r -d '' help << EOM
Usage: $0 [-adhrspvzZ] imagefile.img [newimagefile.img]
-s Don't expand filesystem when image is booted the first time
-v Be verbose
-r Use advanced filesystem repair option if the normal one fails
-z Compress image after shrinking with gzip
-Z Compress image after shrinking with xz
-a Compress image in parallel using multiple cores
-p Remove logs, apt archives, dhcp leases and ssh hostkeys
-d Write debug messages in a debug log file
EOM
echo "$help"
exit 1
}
should_skip_autoexpand=false
debug=false
repair=false
parallel=false
verbose=false
prep=false
ziptool=""
while getopts ":adhprsvzZ" opt; do
case "${opt}" in
a) parallel=true;;
d) debug=true;;
h) help;;
p) prep=true;;
r) repair=true;;
s) should_skip_autoexpand=true ;;
v) verbose=true;;
z) ziptool="gzip";;
Z) ziptool="xz";;
*) help;;
esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))
if [ "$debug" = true ]; then
info "Creating log file $LOGFILE"
rm "$LOGFILE" &>/dev/null
exec 1> >(stdbuf -i0 -o0 -e0 tee -a "$LOGFILE" >&1)
exec 2> >(stdbuf -i0 -o0 -e0 tee -a "$LOGFILE" >&2)
fi
echo "${0##*/} $version"
#Args
src="$1"
img="$1"
#Usage checks
if [[ -z "$img" ]]; then
help
fi
if [[ ! -f "$img" ]]; then
error $LINENO "$img is not a file..."
exit 2
fi
if (( EUID != 0 )); then
error $LINENO "You need to be running as root."
exit 3
fi
# check selected compression tool is supported and installed
if [[ -n $ziptool ]]; then
if [[ ! " ${ZIPTOOLS[@]} " =~ $ziptool ]]; then
error $LINENO "$ziptool is an unsupported ziptool."
exit 17
else
if [[ $parallel == true && $ziptool == "gzip" ]]; then
REQUIRED_TOOLS="$REQUIRED_TOOLS pigz"
else
REQUIRED_TOOLS="$REQUIRED_TOOLS $ziptool"
fi
fi
fi
#Check that what we need is installed
for command in $REQUIRED_TOOLS; do
command -v $command >/dev/null 2>&1
if (( $? != 0 )); then
error $LINENO "$command is not installed."
exit 4
fi
done
#Copy to new file if requested
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
f="$2"
if [[ -n $ziptool && "${f##*.}" == "${ZIPEXTENSIONS[$ziptool]}" ]]; then # remove zip extension if zip requested because zip tool will complain about extension
f="${f%.*}"
fi
info "Copying $1 to $f..."
cp --reflink=auto --sparse=always "$1" "$f"
if (( $? != 0 )); then
error $LINENO "Could not copy file..."
exit 5
fi
old_owner=$(stat -c %u:%g "$1")
chown "$old_owner" "$f"
img="$f"
fi
# cleanup at script exit
trap cleanup EXIT
#Gather info
info "Gathering data"
beforesize="$(ls -lh "$img" | cut -d ' ' -f 5)"
parted_output="$(parted -ms "$img" unit B print)"
rc=$?
if (( $rc )); then
error $LINENO "parted failed with rc $rc"
info "Possibly invalid image. Run 'parted $img unit B print' manually to investigate"
exit 6
fi
partnum="$(echo "$parted_output" | tail -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f 1)"
partstart="$(echo "$parted_output" | tail -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d 'B')"
if [ -z "$(parted -s "$img" unit B print | grep "$partstart" | grep logical)" ]; then
parttype="primary"
else
parttype="logical"
fi
loopback="$(losetup -f --show -o "$partstart" "$img")"
tune2fs_output="$(tune2fs -l "$loopback")"
rc=$?
if (( $rc )); then
echo "$tune2fs_output"
error $LINENO "tune2fs failed. Unable to shrink this type of image"
exit 7
fi
currentsize="$(echo "$tune2fs_output" | grep '^Block count:' | tr -d ' ' | cut -d ':' -f 2)"
blocksize="$(echo "$tune2fs_output" | grep '^Block size:' | tr -d ' ' | cut -d ':' -f 2)"
logVariables $LINENO beforesize parted_output partnum partstart parttype tune2fs_output currentsize blocksize
#Check if we should make pi expand rootfs on next boot
if [ "$parttype" == "logical" ]; then
echo "WARNING: PiShrink does not yet support autoexpanding of this type of image"
elif [ "$should_skip_autoexpand" = false ]; then
set_autoexpand
else
echo "Skipping autoexpanding process..."
fi
if [[ $prep == true ]]; then
info "Syspreping: Removing logs, apt archives, dhcp leases and ssh hostkeys"
mountdir=$(mktemp -d)
mount "$loopback" "$mountdir"
rm -rvf $mountdir/var/cache/apt/archives/* $mountdir/var/lib/dhcpcd5/* $mountdir/var/log/* $mountdir/var/tmp/* $mountdir/tmp/* $mountdir/etc/ssh/*_host_*
umount "$mountdir"
fi
#Make sure filesystem is ok
checkFilesystem
if ! minsize=$(resize2fs -P "$loopback"); then
rc=$?
error $LINENO "resize2fs failed with rc $rc"
exit 10
fi
minsize=$(cut -d ':' -f 2 <<< "$minsize" | tr -d ' ')
logVariables $LINENO currentsize minsize
if [[ $currentsize -eq $minsize ]]; then
error $LINENO "Image already shrunk to smallest size"
exit 11
fi
#Add some free space to the end of the filesystem
extra_space=$(($currentsize - $minsize))
logVariables $LINENO extra_space
for space in 5000 1000 100; do
if [[ $extra_space -gt $space ]]; then
minsize=$(($minsize + $space))
break
fi
done
logVariables $LINENO minsize
#Shrink filesystem
info "Shrinking filesystem"
resize2fs -p "$loopback" $minsize
rc=$?
if (( $rc )); then
error $LINENO "resize2fs failed with rc $rc"
mount "$loopback" "$mountdir"
mv "$mountdir/etc/rc.local.bak" "$mountdir/etc/rc.local"
umount "$mountdir"
losetup -d "$loopback"
exit 12
fi
sleep 1
#Shrink partition
partnewsize=$(($minsize * $blocksize))
newpartend=$(($partstart + $partnewsize))
logVariables $LINENO partnewsize newpartend
parted -s -a minimal "$img" rm "$partnum"
rc=$?
if (( $rc )); then
error $LINENO "parted failed with rc $rc"
exit 13
fi
parted -s "$img" unit B mkpart "$parttype" "$partstart" "$newpartend"
rc=$?
if (( $rc )); then
error $LINENO "parted failed with rc $rc"
exit 14
fi
#Truncate the file
info "Shrinking image"
endresult=$(parted -ms "$img" unit B print free)
rc=$?
if (( $rc )); then
error $LINENO "parted failed with rc $rc"
exit 15
fi
endresult=$(tail -1 <<< "$endresult" | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d 'B')
logVariables $LINENO endresult
truncate -s "$endresult" "$img"
rc=$?
if (( $rc )); then
error $LINENO "trunate failed with rc $rc"
exit 16
fi
# handle compression
if [[ -n $ziptool ]]; then
options=""
envVarname="${MYNAME^^}_${ziptool^^}" # PISHRINK_GZIP or PISHRINK_XZ environment variables allow to override all options for gzip or xz
[[ $parallel == true ]] && options="${ZIP_PARALLEL_OPTIONS[$ziptool]}"
[[ -v $envVarname ]] && options="${!envVarname}" # if environment variable defined use these options
[[ $verbose == true ]] && options="$options -v" # add verbose flag if requested
if [[ $parallel == true ]]; then
parallel_tool="${ZIP_PARALLEL_TOOL[$ziptool]}"
info "Using $parallel_tool on the shrunk image"
if ! $parallel_tool ${options} "$img"; then
rc=$?
error $LINENO "$parallel_tool failed with rc $rc"
exit 18
fi
else # sequential
info "Using $ziptool on the shrunk image"
if ! $ziptool ${options} "$img"; then
rc=$?
error $LINENO "$ziptool failed with rc $rc"
exit 19
fi
fi
img=$img.${ZIPEXTENSIONS[$ziptool]}
fi
aftersize=$(ls -lh "$img" | cut -d ' ' -f 5)
logVariables $LINENO aftersize
info "Shrunk $img from $beforesize to $aftersize"
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