This document provides information about a presentation on Backroll, an easy-to-use backup solution, and its integration plugin for Cloudstack. The presentation includes: - Introductions of the speakers from DIMSI who work on Backroll - An overview of Backroll's features for building backup strategies and its plugin for Cloudstack - Recent updates to Backroll and the plugin - The roadmap for future Backroll and plugin developments - A Q&A section

1. Backroll : News and Demo
Committed digital expertise

2. Your Speakers
Ousmane DIARRA
Backend developer
Backroll integrator
C# / Python Developer, Ousmane worked
mainly on the Backroll side
Pierre CHARTON
Senior backend developer
Backroll integrator
Senior C# / Java developer, Pierre provides
Backroll integration within Apache
Cloudstack, main contributor of Backroll
plugin
Matthias DHELLIN
C# / Docker developer, Matthias works
on the containerization of Backroll
components
Backend developer
Backroll integrator

3. § Who are we?
About DIMSI and your speakers
§ What is BackRoll?
• All the features you need to build a backup strategy
• Backup & restore Plugin for Cloudstack
§ What’s new?
All BackRoll and plugin new updates
§ Roadmap
What's next ? Planned new features and our vision of the future of BackRoll and Plugin
§ Q & A
Ask us anything you want about us or BackRoll’s project J
Table of contents

4. About DIMSI
Foundation
2006
Area of expertise
Company Size
3 locations :
§ Paris
§ Lorient
§ Lyon
Offerings
Microsoft
Power Platform
Cloud & Services
Modern Apps
Lorient
Paris
Hong-Kong

5. What’s ?
An easy-to-use Backup Solution
Modern Web UI
RESTful API
Containerized application

6. • Instant start of backup or restore task
of a VM / Pool
• Backup / restore task scheduling
• Self-management of lock system for
each VM, no way to go wrong
• Retention management and
automatic cleaning
• Operation history and webhook
notification
• Backup of shutdown virtual machine
managed by Cloudstack
• Restore of shutdown virtual machine
managed by Cloudstack
What’s ?
Key features

7. What’s ?

8. What’s ?
Backup Process
Preflight checks
Creating snapshot
with virsh
For each VM disks
Check if template file (CS) / Backing file
(KVM) has been saved
Create archive using BORG
Block commit changes
Remove snapshot files

9. works with Cloudstack ?
Backup and restore plugin for Cloudstack
Integrate our tool with CloudStack to make backup processes
transparent to users and administrators
Using Cloudstack Back and restore Framework

10. • Configuration
• Creation of a backup offering
• Trigger a backup
• Trigger a backup of shutdown virtual
machine
• Get Status of a backup
• Backup delete
• Backup synchronization between
Backroll and CS
• Backup metrics retrieval
What’s ?
Plugin Key features

11. News about
Bugs fixes
List of backup and restore task
Backup of a virtual machine managed by Cloudstack
Restore of a virtual machine managed by Cloudstack

12. News about
New features
Installation process improvement
Restore to specified path
Before Now
• Git clone
• Generate ssh key
• Install & setup each
component
o Sso
o Database
o env file
o ...
• Execute install.sh
• $ docker compose up
• Let's go to {my-ip}:8080

13. News about the plugin
Bugs fixes
Synchronisation of backup between Cloudstack and Backroll
Restore of a virtual machine
New feature
Remove virtual machine from backup offering
We have submit the Pull Request !!

14. Road Map
What's next ?
Backroll
• Multiple backup policy for a same pool
• Implement WORM in Backroll (Write Once Read Multiple)
• Identity Management
• File level restore => Still a goal!
Marketing / community
• Launch a dedicated website
• Engage community and new committers
Support
Enterprise support

15. Thank you !