Azure / Azure/azure-linux-extensions
Request for feature for MountsToSkip on vmbackup.conf
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- Python
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Description
Add support for regular expressions to determinate the filesystems to skip. For example:
MountsToSkip = /mnt/*
https://github.com/Azure/azure-linux-extensions/blob/master/VMBackup/main/fsfreezer.py#L166
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Research direction
Start by reading VMBackup/main/fsfreezer.py around line 166 and trace how MountsToSkip is parsed and matched. Confirm the expected behavior for a value such as /mnt/*, then verify that matching filesystems are skipped while non-matching filesystems continue to be processed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cloud, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100