#!/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/perl # cpanel - scripts/remote_log_transfer Copyright 2022 cPanel, L.L.C. # All rights reserved. # copyright@cpanel.net http://cpanel.net # This code is subject to the cPanel license. Unauthorized copying is prohibited package scripts::remote_log_transfer; =head1 NAME This script is used to copy all the main system logs from a server to a backup destination configured in WHM. For verbose help and examples, call this script with the --morehelp argument. =cut use strict; use warnings; use Cpanel::Logger (); use Cpanel::Config::Users (); use parent qw( Cpanel::HelpfulScript ); ################################################################################ use constant _OPTIONS => qw( action=s destid=s local_dir=s remote_dir=s keep debug morehelp ); __PACKAGE__->new(@ARGV)->run() unless caller(); ################################################################################ # Much of this is a modification of scripts/cpbackup_transport_file ################################################################################ sub run { my ($self) = @_; if ( $self->getopt('morehelp') ) { show_usage(); return; } $self->ensure_root(); my @transport_ids = split( /,/, $self->getopt('destid') ) if defined( $self->getopt('destid') ); my $command = $self->getopt('action'); my $keep_local = $self->getopt('keep') || 0; my $local_dir = $self->getopt('local_dir') || '/backup/'; my $remote_dir = $self->getopt('remote_dir') || 'log_backups'; if ( !defined $command || !$command ) { show_usage(); return; } if ( $command eq 'list' ) { my $all_files_and_directories_ar = get_all_log_paths(); foreach my $path ( @{$all_files_and_directories_ar} ) { print "$path\n"; } } elsif ( $command eq 'transfer' ) { $Cpanel::Debug::level = 9999 if ( $self->getopt('debug') ); if ( !@transport_ids ) { print STDERR "\n!!!!! Missing argument “--destid=\$destination_id”\n\n"; show_usage(); return; } # Validate the transport_id(s) require Cpanel::Backup::Transport; require Cpanel::Backup::Utility; my $transports = Cpanel::Backup::Transport->new(); my $transport_configs = $transports->get_enabled_destinations(); my $transport_config_cnt = @transport_ids; my $one_transport_was_good = 0; foreach my $transport_id (@transport_ids) { my $matching_cfg = $transport_configs->{$transport_id}; if ( !$matching_cfg ) { print "\nNo backup transports exist or are enabled that match the supplied transport “$transport_id” , skipping..\n"; } else { $one_transport_was_good++; } } if ( !$one_transport_was_good ) { show_usage(); return; } my $log_tarball_path = $self->get_log_backup_path($local_dir); print "Creating log backup file $log_tarball_path\n"; require Cpanel::Backup::Config; my %conf = %{ Cpanel::Backup::Config::load() }; my $utility = Cpanel::Backup::Utility->new( \%conf ); my $all_log_paths_ar = get_all_log_paths(); # Create this file without world-readable permissions my $orig_umask = umask(0077); # We create a bzip2'd tarball to maximize space savings of mostly text log files if ( $utility->cpusystem( 'tar', 'cfpj', $log_tarball_path, @{$all_log_paths_ar} ) == 0 ) { chmod( 0600, $log_tarball_path ); } else { print STDERR "Failed to create $log_tarball_path : $!\n"; return; } umask($orig_umask); # keep_local has to be overridden here until the last transport, otherwise it will delete the log backup file after the first transport # is done. my $transport_cnt = @transport_ids; my $current_transport = 0; my $final_keeplocal = $keep_local; foreach my $transport_id (@transport_ids) { $current_transport++; print "Attempting transport of '$log_tarball_path' using transport ID '$transport_id''.\n"; # Note, the 'Cpanel::Backup::Queue::transport_backup' package/namespace is also defined by this package, so thus it is imported. require Cpanel::Backup::Queue; # PPI USE OK -- Cpanel::Backup::Queue::transport_backup is defined there require File::Basename; # Even if keep local is false, but we have more transports, toggle it to true if ( $current_transport < $transport_cnt ) { $keep_local = 1; } else { $keep_local = $final_keeplocal; } my $args = { local_path => $log_tarball_path, remote_path => $remote_dir . '/' . File::Basename::basename($log_tarball_path), local_files => $log_tarball_path, keep_local => $keep_local, # This has no affect here, but we pass it nonetheless and action the logic a little further down session_id => 'LOG_TRANSFER', type => 'compressed', cmd => 'log_transfer', transport => $transport_id, }; my $logger = Cpanel::Logger->new( { 'use_no_files' => 1 } ); Cpanel::Backup::Queue::transport_backup->new()->process_task( $args, $logger ); # PPI NO PARSE -- See comment below # The import of Cpanel::Backup::Queue above via require causes the # namespace in question here to exist, as it is the kind of package # which defines multiple packages in one file, as perl allows you to # do. As this is the "common" design of TaskProcessor modules, # this is not only expected but appropriate. } unlink $log_tarball_path if !$keep_local; } else { show_usage(); return; } return; } ################################################################################ # how thing do ? sub show_usage { my $log_file_paths_ar = get_all_log_paths(); print <<EOU; Usage: $0 --action=<cmd> <args> Commands: list - Lists all log paths that will be transferred transfer - Transfer logs to remote server Arguments: --destid=<DestinationID> The <DestinationID> can be found in WHM on the Backup Configuration -> Additional Destinations page. The argument here can support multiple destinations, comma delimited, i.e. --destid=OQosRCmRnTNcLcCojd7C0vhC,TAMdl6LZCxQELuUAVO20SjQm will upload the log backup to both OQosRCmRnTNcLcCojd7C0vhC and TAMdl6LZCxQELuUAVO20SjQm destinations --local_dir=/backup The local directory where the compress log files tarball will be stored before transfering to the remote destinations. Note that this assumes the local directory given is already mounted. Defaults to “/backup/” --remote_dir=remote_path/ The path used to store the log file backup on the remote server, relative or absolute based on transfer destination requirements Defaults to “log_backups” --debug Show verbose debug output --keep Keep the local log file backup after transfer to the remote destination(s). Example usages: # List all log file locations. Additional custom paths can be added to /var/cpanel/config/extra_remote_transfer_paths.txt $0 --action=list # Transfer all logs to the remote backup destination whose ID is TAMdl6LZCxQELuUAVO20SjQm $0 --action=transfer --destid=TAMdl6LZCxQELuUAVO20SjQm # Same as above, but store the logs in the remote directory “backups/logs/Atlanta/” rather than “log_backups/” , while also keeping the local backup in /mnt/backup2/ $0 --action=transfer --destid=TAMdl6LZCxQELuUAVO20SjQm --remote_dir=backups/logs/Atlanta/ --local_dir=/mnt/backups2/ --keep Log files: Custom file paths can be configured by adding them to /var/cpanel/config/extra_remote_transfer_paths.txt , one line for each path. Be careful if adding paths here as no validation is done. EOU print "\t\tCurrently configured paths:\n\n"; foreach my $path ( @{$log_file_paths_ar} ) { print "\t\t-\t$path\n"; } print "\n"; return; } ################################################################################ # We might want to add this to Cpanel/Backup/SystemResources.pm at some point, but this script also should be as independant as possible sub get_all_log_paths { my @paths = ( "/var/log/", "/usr/local/cpanel/logs/", "/var/cpanel/logs/", "/var/cpanel/updatelogs/", ); require Cpanel::PwCache; foreach my $user ( Cpanel::Config::Users::getcpusers() ) { my $homedir = Cpanel::PwCache::gethomedir($user); push @paths, "$homedir/logs/"; } if ( open( my $custom_extra_fh, '<', '/var/cpanel/config/extra_remote_transfer_paths.txt' ) ) { while (<$custom_extra_fh>) { chomp; my $c_path = $_; if ( $c_path !~ m/^\// ) { print STDERR "Custom path “$c_path” must be absolute ( start with / ), ignoring\n"; } else { if ( -f $c_path || -d _ ) { push( @paths, $c_path ); } else { print STDERR "Custom path “$c_path” is not a file or directory, ignoring.\n"; } } } close($custom_extra_fh); } return \@paths; } ################################################################################ # broken out for easier testing sub get_log_backup_path { my ( $self, $local_dir ) = @_; # Create log file backup from all paths in get_all_log_paths() with a base directory require Cpanel::Hostname; my $hostname = Cpanel::Hostname::gethostname(); my ( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, undef, undef, undef ) = localtime(); my $formatted_date = sprintf( "%04d-%02d-%02d_%02d-%02d-%02d", $year + 1900, $mon, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec ); my $log_tarball_path = $local_dir . '/log_backup_' . $hostname . '_' . $formatted_date . '.tar.bz2'; return $local_dir . '/log_backup_' . $hostname . '_' . $formatted_date . '.tar.bz2'; } ################################################################################ 1;

RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

We have started to work with CBS News, bringing our ideas of character-driven storytelling to one of the most successful and biggest networks in the United States. Since beginning to work with them ratings have climbed and more importantly, audience engagement is through the ceiling.

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New York Times Television

We started New York Times Television in 1990 and it was the first paper to be brought into the world of TV. It quickly became one of the most successful non-fiction production companies in the United States. The series and documentaries we produced won many awards including multiple Emmys.

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The BBC

We have been working with the BBC since the year 2000 helping to convert their national news network to our visual storytelling technique. Most recently we have trained teams from their sports, documentaries, and comedy divisions to make character-driven stories using only smartphones.

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Spectrum News

For the past five years we have worked with Spectrum News to introduce and train their journalists on visual, character driven storytelling using smartphones helping to create a different kind of local news for their network of 24-Hour News Stations across the United States.

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The United Nations

In 2006, we were approached by the United Nations. Rather than rely on news outlets, it would be much easier to train the field operatives to produce their own stories. We spent two years working with the UN, training more than 100 of their staff in bootcamps in Geneva and Nairobi.

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The Newark Star-Ledger

We trained 50 print reporters at the paper to shoot and tell their own stories, in conjunction with their print work. We built a TV newsroom in their existing print newsroom – you could not ask for a better set and they began to live stream their stories in conjunction with their print work.

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Mcgraw Hill

We spent two years with McGraw Hill, training more than 150 of their staffers, making them completely video literate. McGraw/Hill media properties we transit included Business Week, Aviation Week, (what was the name of the architecture magazine), and JD Power and Associates.

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Voice of America

In 1990, we were approached by The Voice of America, the official broadcasting agency for the United States Government. When we met with VOA, they were only a short wave radio broadcaster, but working with them, we took them into television, launching VOA-TV.

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Oyster Yachts

British based Oyster Yachts makes some of the finest yachts in the world. Like every other company, they had to find a way to feed the never-ending video demands of social media – sites like Instagram and TikTok. We trained the Oyster staff to tell their own stories, using only iPhones.

Learn More

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

We were approached by SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency because they had to continually find a way to ‘feed the media beast’. The result was that SEPA was able to tell their own stories, whenever they wanted, and at almost no additional cost.

Learn More

Michael on Media

Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.

He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.

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RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

New York Times Television

The BBC

Spectrum News

The United Nations

The Newark Star-Ledger

Mcgraw Hill

Voice of America

Oyster Yachts

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

Michael on Media