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public:radio:2024:yaddnet_data_backup [19/04/24 10:15 BST] – johnpublic:radio:2024:yaddnet_data_backup [06/03/25 06:49 GMT] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ** Offsite Text file backups of all DSC messages ** ** Offsite Text file backups of all DSC messages **
  
-  * Alan Spindel initially suggested an offsite backup of the DSC messages in 2019.+  * Alan Spindel initially suggested an offsite backup of the DSC messages in 2019 
 +  * YaDDNet has had the facility to send copies of each new message out to specified IP addresses via UDP since that time
   * The DSC messages are sent by UDP as simple plain text, for easy archiving   * The DSC messages are sent by UDP as simple plain text, for easy archiving
   * The archived text file can be used if necessary to rebuild the SQL database table containing the DSC messages in case of disaster   * The archived text file can be used if necessary to rebuild the SQL database table containing the DSC messages in case of disaster
-  * YaDDNet has had the facility to send copies of each new message out to specified IP addresses via UDP since 2019 +  * Since I'm now hosting YaDDNet again I decided I should run a UDP log receiver at home to improve the backup provision 
-  * I decided to run a UDP log receiver at home to improve the backup provision +  * The daily archive files will be ''gzipped'' and stored on Dropbox
-  * The daily archive files will be ''gzipped'' and stored on Dropbox.+
     * I could share the link to anyone who is interested in using the saved data     * I could share the link to anyone who is interested in using the saved data
  
-===== YaDDNet UDP Mirror =====+===== YaDDNet UDP Send to Mirror =====
  
   * In the ''PyYadd.py'' function a DSC message is created from the raw incoming data from YaDD (and DSC Decoder) in a standard format.   * In the ''PyYadd.py'' function a DSC message is created from the raw incoming data from YaDD (and DSC Decoder) in a standard format.
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   * Prior to using the newly created message to inject new data into the SQL server ''PyYadd.py'' calls the function ''send_to_mirror()'' to send out the UDP packet to any configured IP addresses   * Prior to using the newly created message to inject new data into the SQL server ''PyYadd.py'' calls the function ''send_to_mirror()'' to send out the UDP packet to any configured IP addresses
   * ''PyYadd.py'' then inserts the new data in the SQL server    * ''PyYadd.py'' then inserts the new data in the SQL server 
-  * Any addresses listening UDP clients receive the UDP packets and append them to a log file+  * Any addressed & listening UDP clients receive the UDP packets and append them to a log file
  
 <code python> <code python>
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 </code> </code>
  
-   * This creates a ''gzipped'' log file in my Dropbox - for safety - of each day's new DSC messages+   * This creates a ''gzipped'' log file in my Dropbox of each day's new DSC messages
  
 === Starting the UDP Listener at boot-up === === Starting the UDP Listener at boot-up ===
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 --- //John Pumford-Green 19/04/24 09:31 BST// --- //John Pumford-Green 19/04/24 09:31 BST//
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 +Last updated : ~~LASTMOD~~
  
  
 ===== Further Information ===== ===== Further Information =====
  
 +[[https://www.yaddnet.org/index.php | YaDDNet]]
  
-{{tag>}}+{{tag>radio yaddnet}}
  
  
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