Added CRON_TIME instructions

[vegasbrianc]

Added CRON_TIME as an example variable and updated the README on how to use CRON_TIME as well as running the container in --detach mode.

[kachkaev]

Does anyone know why this PR is not being fetched? Just wondering.

[vegasbrianc]

Hi @kachkaev I don't believe this is being maintained any longer as Tutum Cloud has now moved to Docker Cloud. I will ping the Docker team and see what's going on.

[kachkaev]

@vegasbrianc thanks! I've been trying to find some simple docker-based backup solution for volumes, but surprisingly have not found anything popular. This feels quite strange, because I'm sure many people do backup their stuff with something like this container. Let me know if you know of any other common approach these days.

Found this project through your blog post BTW :–)

[vegasbrianc]

@kachkaev I've actually reverted back to using the AWS S3 CLI client. I find it works best for my particular backup requirements. I backup everything up and use a cron to fire it off everyday. Let me know if you are interested as I can provide details on how I set it up.

[kachkaev]

That would be awesome! Putting a link to that recipe from your post on Dockup will be also useful, because the post shows up quite often when you search for a Docker solution for backups. This can be helpful for newbies like me to set up their first S3 backup :–)

[stempler]

@kachkaev Even if the image seems to be no longer maintained by Tutum there are a lot of people out there using it, and a couple of people working on improvements in the forks. If you want to check it out, here is the fork I've been working on, and that some others also have built on. It incorporates some of the open pull requests, including the CRON fixes and adds support for encryption of backups with GnuPG and backup notifications (right now only via Slack).