Freezer-agent allow to create backup of non existing directories

[Pierre-Arthur MATHIEU]

Backup:
ls /djewkjdklewjdklewjl
ls: cannot access /djewkjdklewjdklewjl: No such file or director
freezer-agent --action backup --mode fs --storage local --path-to-backup /djewkjdklewjdklewjl --container /tmp/backup --backup-name backup-testdkelwdelw

Logs:
2016-03-04 11:03:47,399 root INFO log file at /var/log/freezer.log
2016-03-04 11:03:47,400 root INFO [*] Job execution Started at: 2016-03-04 11:03:47
2016-03-04 11:03:47,451 root INFO [*] No LVM requested/configured
2016-03-04 11:03:47,451 root WARNING [*] Directory /root/.freezer found!
2016-03-04 11:03:47,455 root INFO Tar engine backup stream enter
2016-03-04 11:03:47,455 root INFO Execution command:
/bin/tar --create -z --warning=none --no-check-device --one-file-system --preserve-permissions --same-owner --seek --ignore-failed-read --listed-incremental=/root/.freezer/tar_metadata_padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_backup-testdkelwdelw_1457089427_0 djewkjdklewjdklewjl
2016-03-04 11:03:47,467 root INFO Tar engine streaming end
2016-03-04 11:03:47,471 root INFO [*] Job execution Finished, at: 2016-03-04 11:03:47
2016-03-04 11:03:47,471 root INFO [*] Job time Elapsed: 0:00:00.070626

Restore:
root@padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt:/home/stack/scratch/ansible/next/hos/ansible# freezer-agent --action restore --mode fs --storage local --restore-abs-path /tmp/restore/ --container /tmp/backup --backup-name backup-testdkelwdelw
root@padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt:/home/stack/scratch/ansible/next/hos/ansible# ls /tmp/restore

Logs:
2016-03-04 11:15:45,262 root INFO log file at /var/log/freezer.log
2016-03-04 11:15:45,263 root INFO [*] Job execution Started at: 2016-03-04 11:15:45
2016-03-04 11:15:45,263 root INFO [*] Executing FS restore...
2016-03-04 11:15:45,264 root INFO Creation restore path: /tmp/restore/
2016-03-04 11:15:45,264 root INFO Creation restore path completed
2016-03-04 11:15:45,264 root INFO Restore backup padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_backup-testdkelwdelw_1457089427_0
2016-03-04 11:15:45,284 root INFO [*] Pipe closed as EOF reached. Data transmitted successfully
2016-03-04 11:15:45,291 root INFO Restore backup padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_backup-testdkelwdelw_1457089433_1
2016-03-04 11:15:45,305 root INFO [*] Pipe closed as EOF reached. Data transmitted successfully
2016-03-04 11:15:45,311 root INFO [*] Restore execution successfully executed for backup name padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_backup-testdkelwdelw_1457089433_1
2016-03-04 11:15:45,312 root INFO [*] Job execution Finished, at: 2016-03-04 11:15:45
2016-03-04 11:15:45,312 root INFO [*] Job time Elapsed: 0:00:00.048993

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/339089

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/339089
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/freezer/commit/?id=1c9bba42acd785eeb2f2a8577becbf602d42e5c0
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 1c9bba42acd785eeb2f2a8577becbf602d42e5c0
Author: Pierre-Arthur MATHIEU <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Jul 7 16:41:05 2016 +0100

    Fail on non-existing path to backup

    Change-Id: I897444a8eba24b61fcab4a694ad73b6688e31fb8
    Closes-Bug: #1553146

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/freezer 3.0.0.0b3 development milestone.