To ensure that Info360 teams are always available, we have decided to use Vagrant as the main operating system recovery tool. We chose it because it is fast, reliable, easy to use and fits our backup policies.
Technical justification
- Reliability and speed: Vagrant allows us to have the system configuration always ready with the Vagrantfile. If a machine crashes or becomes corrupted, just do vagrant destroy i vagrant up to restore it in a few minutes, exactly as it was before.
- Integrated automation: With the Vagrantfile we define everything: operating system, network and specific configurations. This allows us to create virtual machines quickly, repeatably and in a controlled manner.
- Data Backups: In addition to restoring the operating system, we use rsync and automated scripts to make regular backups of important data, without having to copy the entire entire system.
- Cost and flexibility: Vagrant is free and open source, compatible with different platforms, and easily adapts to changes that the company may have.
- Ease of maintenance: We can easily perform recovery tests by destroying and rebuilding the machines. This allows us to regularly validate that the recovery plan is working well.
- Integration with other systems: Using Vagrant integrates well with other backup tools, such as rsync and cron, achieving a complete solution: fast system recovery and data protection.