Example #1
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    def test_alter_proxy(self):
        """
        Testing freezer.arguments.alter_proxy function does it set
        HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY when 'proxy' key in its dictionary
        """
        # Test wrong proxy value
        self.assertRaises(Exception, utils.alter_proxy, 'boohoo')

        # Test when there is proxy value passed
        self.prepare_env()
        test_proxy = 'http://proxy.alternative.domain:8888'
        utils.alter_proxy(test_proxy)
        assert os.environ["HTTP_PROXY"] == test_proxy
        assert os.environ["HTTPS_PROXY"] == test_proxy
Example #2
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def backup_arguments(args_dict={}):
    """
    Default arguments and command line options interface. The function return
    a name space called backup_args.
    """

    conf_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=__doc__,
        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
        add_help=False, prog='freezerc')

    conf_parser.add_argument(
        '--config', action='store', dest='config', default=False,
        help=("Config file abs path. Option arguments are provided "
              "from config file. When config file is used any option "
              "from command line provided take precedence."))

    args, remaining_argv = conf_parser.parse_known_args()
    defaults = enrich_defaults(args.config)

    # Generate a new argparse istance and inherit options from config parse
    arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        parents=[conf_parser])

    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--action', choices=['backup', 'restore', 'info', 'admin',
                             'exec'],
        help=(
            "Set the action to be taken. backup and restore are"
            " self explanatory, info is used to retrieve info from the"
            " storage media, exec is used to execute a script,"
            " while admin is used to delete old backups"
            " and other admin actions. Default backup."),
        dest='action', default='backup')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-F', '--path-to-backup', '--file-to-backup', action='store',
        help="The file or directory you want to back up to Swift",
        dest='path_to_backup', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-N', '--backup-name', action='store',
        help="The backup name you want to use to identify your backup \
        on Swift", dest='backup_name', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-m', '--mode', action='store',
        help="Set the technology to back from. Options are, fs (filesystem),\
        mongo (MongoDB), mysql (MySQL), sqlserver (SQL Server)\
        Default set to fs", dest='mode',
        default='fs')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-C', '--container', action='store',
        help="The Swift container (or path to local storage) "
             "used to upload files to",
        dest='container', default='freezer_backups')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-L', '--list-containers', action='store_true',
        help='''List the Swift containers on remote Object Storage Server''',
        dest='list_containers', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-l', '--list-objects', action='store_true',
        help='''List the Swift objects stored in a container on remote Object\
        Storage Server.''', dest='list_objects', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-o', '--get-object', action='store',
        help="The Object name you want to download on the local file system.",
        dest='get_object', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-d', '--dst-file', action='store',
        help="The file name used to save the object on your local disk and\
        upload file in swift", dest='dst_file', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-s', '--snapshot', action='store_true',
        help=('Create a snapshot of the fs containing the resource to backup.'
              ' When used, the lvm parameters will be guessed and/or the '
              'default values will be used'),
        dest='snapshot', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--lvm-auto-snap', action='store',
        help=("Automatically guess the volume group and volume name for "
              "given PATH."),
        dest='lvm_auto_snap',
        default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--lvm-srcvol', action='store',
        help="Set the lvm volume you want to take a snaphost from. Default\
        no volume", dest='lvm_srcvol', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--lvm-snapname', action='store',
        help="Set the lvm snapshot name to use. If the snapshot name already\
        exists, the old one will be used a no new one will be created. Default\
        freezer_backup_snap.", dest='lvm_snapname', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--lvm-snap-perm', action='store', choices=['ro', 'rw'],
        help="Set the lvm snapshot permission to use. If the permission\
        is set to ro The snapshot will be immutable - read only -.\
        If the permission is set to rw it will be mutable",
        dest='lvm_snapperm', default='ro')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--lvm-snapsize', action='store',
        help=('Set the lvm snapshot size when creating a new snapshot. '
              'Please add G for Gigabytes or M for Megabytes, i.e. 500M or 8G.'
              ' Default {0}.'.format(DEFAULT_LVM_SNAPSIZE)),
        dest='lvm_snapsize', default=DEFAULT_LVM_SNAPSIZE)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--lvm-dirmount', action='store',
        help=("Set the directory you want to mount the lvm snapshot to. "
              "Default to {0}".format(DEFAULT_LVM_DIRMOUNT)),
        dest='lvm_dirmount', default=DEFAULT_LVM_DIRMOUNT)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--lvm-volgroup', action='store',
        help="Specify the volume group of your logical volume.\
            This is important to mount your snapshot volume. Default not set",
        dest='lvm_volgroup', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--max-level', action='store',
        help="Set the backup level used with tar to implement incremental \
        backup. If a level 1 is specified but no level 0 is already \
        available, a level 0 will be done and subsequently backs to level 1.\
        Default 0 (No Incremental)", dest='max_level',
        type=int, default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--always-level', action='store', help="Set backup\
        maximum level used with tar to implement incremental backup. If a \
        level 3 is specified, the backup will be executed from level 0 to \
        level 3 and to that point always a backup level 3 will be executed. \
        It will not restart from level 0. This option has precedence over \
        --max-backup-level. Default False (Disabled)",
        dest='always_level', type=int, default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--restart-always-level', action='store', help="Restart the backup \
        from level 0 after n days. Valid only if --always-level option \
        if set. If --always-level is used together with --remove-older-then, \
        there might be the chance where the initial level 0 will be removed \
        Default False (Disabled)",
        dest='restart_always_level', type=float, default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-R', '--remove-older-then', '--remove-older-than', action='store',
        help=('Checks in the specified container for object older than the '
              'specified days.'
              'If i.e. 30 is specified, it will remove the remote object '
              'older than 30 days. Default False (Disabled) '
              'The option --remove-older-then is deprecated '
              'and will be removed soon'),
        dest='remove_older_than', type=float, default=None)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--remove-from-date', action='store',
        help=('Checks the specified container and removes objects older than '
              'the provided datetime in the form "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss '
              'i.e. "1974-03-25T23:23:23". '
              'Make sure the "T" is between date and time '),
        dest='remove_from_date', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--no-incremental', action='store_true',
        help='''Disable incremental feature. By default freezer build the
        meta data even for level 0 backup. By setting this option incremental
        meta data is not created at all. Default disabled''',
        dest='no_incremental', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--hostname', action='store',
        help='''Set hostname to execute actions. If you are executing freezer
        from one host but you want to delete objects belonging to another
        host then you can set this option that hostname and execute appropriate
        actions. Default current node hostname.''',
        dest='hostname', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--mysql-conf', action='store',
        help='''Set the MySQL configuration file where freezer retrieve
        important information as db_name, user, password, host, port.
        Following is an example of config file:
        # backup_mysql_conf
        host     = <db-host>
        user     = <mysqluser>
        password = <mysqlpass>
        port     = <db-port>''',
        dest='mysql_conf', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--metadata-out', action='store',
        help=('Set the filename to which write the metadata regarding '
              'the backup metrics. Use "-" to output to standard output.'),
        dest='metadata_out', default=False)

    if winutils.is_windows():
        arg_parser.add_argument(
            '--log-file', action='store',
            help='Set log file. By default logs to ~/freezer.log',
            dest='log_file', default=os.path.join(home,
                                                  '.freezer',
                                                  'freezer.log'))
    else:
        arg_parser.add_argument(
            '--log-file', action='store',
            help='Set log file. By default logs to /var/log/freezer.log'
                 'If that file is not writable, freezer tries to log'
                 'to ~/.freezer/freezer.log',
            dest='log_file', default=None)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--exclude', action='store', help="Exclude files,\
        given as a PATTERN.Ex: --exclude '*.log' will exclude any file \
        with name ending with .log. Default no exclude", dest='exclude',
        default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--dereference-symlink', choices=['none', 'soft', 'hard', 'all'],
        help=(
            "Follow hard and soft links and archive and dump the files they "
            " refer to. Default False."),
        dest='dereference_symlink', default='')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-U', '--upload', action='store_true',
        help="Upload to Swift the destination file passed to the -d option.\
            Default upload the data", dest='upload', default=True)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--encrypt-pass-file', action='store',
        help="Passing a private key to this option, allow you to encrypt the \
            files before to be uploaded in Swift. Default do not encrypt.",
        dest='encrypt_pass_file', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-M', '--max-segment-size', action='store',
        help="Set the maximum file chunk size in bytes to upload to swift\
        Default 67108864 bytes (64MB)",
        dest='max_segment_size', type=int, default=67108864)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--restore-abs-path', action='store',
        help=('Set the absolute path where you want your data restored. '
              'Default False.'),
        dest='restore_abs_path', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--restore-from-host', action='store',
        help='''Set the hostname used to identify the data you want to restore
        from. If you want to restore data in the same host where the backup
        was executed just type from your shell: "$ hostname" and the output is
        the value that needs to be passed to this option. Mandatory with
        Restore Default False.''', dest='restore_from_host', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--restore-from-date', action='store',
        help='''Set the absolute path where you want your data restored.
        Please provide datetime in format "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss"
        i.e. "1979-10-03T23:23:23". Make sure the "T" is between date and time
        Default None.''', dest='restore_from_date', default=None)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--max-priority', action='store_true',
        help='''Set the cpu process to the highest priority (i.e. -20 on Linux)
        and real-time for I/O. The process priority will be set only if nice
        and ionice are installed Default disabled. Use with caution.''',
        dest='max_priority', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-V', '--version', action='store_true',
        help='''Print the release version and exit''',
        dest='version', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '-q', '--quiet', action='store_true',
        help='''Suppress error messages''',
        dest='quiet', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--insecure', action='store_true',
        help='Allow to access swift servers without checking SSL certs.',
        dest='insecure', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--os-auth-ver', '--os-identity-api-version',
        choices=['1', '2', '2.0', '3'], action='store',
        help='Openstack identity api version, can be 1, 2, 2.0 or 3',
        dest='os_identity_api_version', default=None)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--proxy', action='store',
        help='''Enforce proxy that alters system HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY,
        use \'\' to eliminate all system proxies''',
        dest='proxy', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--dry-run', action='store_true',
        help='Do everything except writing or removing objects',
        dest='dry_run', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--upload-limit', action='store',
        help='''Upload bandwidth limit in Bytes per sec.
        Can be invoked with dimensions (10K, 120M, 10G).''',
        dest='upload_limit',
        type=utils.human2bytes,
        default=-1)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        "--cinder-vol-id", action='store',
        help='Id of cinder volume for backup',
        dest="cinder_vol_id",
        default='')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        "--nova-inst-id", action='store',
        help='Id of nova instance for backup',
        dest="nova_inst_id",
        default='')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        "--cindernative-vol-id", action='store',
        help='Id of cinder volume for native backup',
        dest="cindernative_vol_id",
        default='')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--download-limit', action='store',
        help='''Download bandwidth limit in Bytes per sec.
        Can be invoked with dimensions (10K, 120M, 10G).''',
        dest='download_limit',
        type=utils.human2bytes,
        default=-1)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--sql-server-conf', action='store',
        help='''Set the SQL Server configuration file where freezer retrieve
        the sql server instance.
        Following is an example of config file:
        instance = <db-instance>''',
        dest='sql_server_conf', default=False)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--vssadmin', action='store',
        help='''Create a backup using a snapshot on windows
        using vssadmin. Options are: True and False, default is True''',
        dest='vssadmin', default=True)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--command', action='store',
        help='Command executed by exec action',
        dest='command', default=None)
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--compression', action='store',
        choices=['gzip', 'bzip2', 'xz'],
        help='compression algorithm to use. gzip is default algorithm',
        dest='compression', default='gzip')

    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--storage', action='store',
        choices=['local', 'swift', 'ssh'],
        help="Storage for backups. Can be Swift or Local now. Swift is default"
             "storage now. Local stores backups on the same defined path and"
             "swift will store files in container.",
        dest='storage', default='swift')
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--ssh-key', action='store',
        help="Path to ssh-key for ssh storage only",
        dest='ssh_key', default=DEFAULT_PARAMS['ssh_key'])
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--ssh-username', action='store',
        help="Remote username for ssh storage only",
        dest='ssh_username', default=DEFAULT_PARAMS['ssh_username'])
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--ssh-host', action='store',
        help="Remote host for ssh storage only",
        dest='ssh_host', default=DEFAULT_PARAMS['ssh_host'])
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--ssh-port', action='store',
        help="Remote port for ssh storage only (default 22)", type=int,
        dest='ssh_port', default=DEFAULT_PARAMS['ssh_port'])

    arg_parser.set_defaults(**defaults)
    backup_args = arg_parser.parse_args()

    # Intercept command line arguments if you are not using the CLIvss
    if args_dict:
        backup_args.__dict__.update(args_dict)

    # Set default working directory to ~/.freezer. If the directory
    # does not exists it is created
    work_dir = os.path.join(home, '.freezer')
    backup_args.__dict__['work_dir'] = work_dir
    if not os.path.exists(work_dir):
        try:
            os.makedirs(work_dir)
        except (OSError, IOError) as err_msg:
            # This avoids freezer-agent to crash if it can't write to
            # ~/.freezer, which may happen on some env (for me,
            # it happens in Jenkins, as freezer-agent can't write to
            # /var/lib/jenkins).
            print(encodeutils.safe_decode(
                '{}'.format(err_msg)), file=sys.stderr)

    # The containers used by freezer to executed backups needs to have
    # freezer_ prefix in the name. If the user provider container doesn't
    # have the prefix, it is automatically added also to the container
    # segments name. This is done to quickly identify the containers
    # that contain freezer generated backups
    if not backup_args.container.startswith('freezer_') and \
            backup_args.storage == 'swift':
        backup_args.container = 'freezer_{0}'.format(
            backup_args.container)

    # If hostname is not set, hostname of the current node will be used
    if not backup_args.hostname:
        backup_args.__dict__['hostname'] = socket.gethostname()

    # If we have provided --proxy then overwrite the system HTTP_PROXY and
    # HTTPS_PROXY
    if backup_args.proxy:
        utils.alter_proxy(backup_args.proxy)

    # MySQLdb object
    backup_args.__dict__['mysql_db_inst'] = ''

    # Windows volume
    backup_args.__dict__['shadow'] = ''
    backup_args.__dict__['shadow_path'] = ''
    backup_args.__dict__['file_name'] = ''
    if winutils.is_windows():
        if backup_args.path_to_backup:
            backup_args.__dict__['windows_volume'] = \
                backup_args.path_to_backup[:3]

        if backup_args.vssadmin == 'False' or backup_args.vssadmin == 'false':
            backup_args.vssadmin = False

    # Freezer version
    backup_args.__dict__['__version__'] = '1.1.3'

    # todo(enugaev) move it to new command line param backup_media
    backup_media = 'fs'
    if backup_args.cinder_vol_id:
        backup_media = 'cinder'
    elif backup_args.cindernative_vol_id:
        backup_media = 'cindernative'
    elif backup_args.nova_inst_id:
        backup_media = 'nova'

    backup_args.__dict__['backup_media'] = backup_media

    backup_args.__dict__['time_stamp'] = None

    if backup_args.upload_limit or backup_args.download_limit and not\
            winutils.is_windows():
        if backup_args.config:
            conf_file = NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='freezer_job_', delete=False)
            defaults['upload_limit'] = defaults['download_limit'] = -1
            utils.save_config_to_file(defaults, conf_file)
            conf_index = sys.argv.index('--config') + 1
            sys.argv[conf_index] = conf_file.name

        if '--upload-limit' in sys.argv:
            index = sys.argv.index('--upload-limit')
            sys.argv.pop(index)
            sys.argv.pop(index)
        if '--download-limit' in sys.argv:
            index = sys.argv.index('--download-limit')
            sys.argv.pop(index)
            sys.argv.pop(index)

        trickle_executable = distspawn.find_executable('trickle')
        if trickle_executable is None:
            trickle_executable = distspawn.find_executable(
                'trickle', path=":".join(sys.path))
            if trickle_executable is None:
                        trickle_executable = distspawn.find_executable(
                            'trickle', path=":".join(os.environ.get('PATH')))

        trickle_lib = distspawn.find_executable('trickle-overload.so')
        if trickle_lib is None:
            trickle_lib = distspawn.find_executable(
                'trickle-overload.so', path=":".join(sys.path))
            if trickle_lib is None:
                trickle_lib = distspawn.find_executable(
                    'trickle-overload.so', path=":".join(
                        os.environ.get('PATH')))
        if trickle_executable and trickle_lib:
            logging.info("[*] Info: Starting trickle ...")
            os.environ['LD_PRELOAD'] = trickle_lib
            trickle_command = '{0} -d {1} -u {2} '.\
                format(trickle_executable,
                       getattr(backup_args, 'download_limit') or -1,
                       getattr(backup_args, 'upload_limit') or -1)
            backup_args.__dict__['trickle_command'] = trickle_command
            if "tricklecount" in os.environ:
                tricklecount = int(os.environ.get("tricklecount", 1))
                tricklecount += 1
                os.environ["tricklecount"] = str(tricklecount)

            else:
                os.environ["tricklecount"] = str(1)
        else:
            logging.critical("[*] Trickle or Trickle library not found"
                             ". Switching to normal mode without limiting"
                             " bandwidth")

    return backup_args, arg_parser
Example #3
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def get_backup_args():
    defaults = DEFAULT_PARAMS.copy()

    class FreezerConfig(object):
        def __init__(self, args):
            self.__dict__.update(args)
    cli_options = dict([(x, y) for x, y in CONF.iteritems() if y is not None])
    defaults.update(cli_options)
    conf = None
    if CONF.get('config'):
        conf = freezer_config.Config.parse(CONF.get('config'))
        defaults.update(conf.default)
        # TODO: restore_from_host is deprecated and to be removed
        defaults['hostname'] = conf.default.get('hostname') or \
                               conf.default.get('restore_from_host')

        # override default oslo values
        levels = {
            'all': log.NOTSET,
            'debug': log.DEBUG,
            'warn': log.WARN,
            'info': log.INFO,
            'error': log.ERROR,
            'critical': log.CRITICAL
        }
        if not CONF.get('log_file'):
            CONF.set_override('log_file', levels.get(defaults['log_file'],
                                                     log.NOTSET))
        CONF.set_override('default_log_levels', defaults['log_level'])
    if not CONF.get('log_file'):
        log_file = None
        for file_name in ['/var/log/freezer.log', '~/.freezer/freezer.log']:
            try:
                log_file = prepare_logging(file_name)
            except IOError:
                pass
        if log_file:
            CONF.set_default('log_file', log_file)
        else:
            LOG.warn("log file cannot be created. Freezer will proceed with "
                     "default stdout and stderr")

    backup_args = FreezerConfig(defaults)
    # Set default working directory to ~/.freezer. If the directory
    # does not exists it is created
    work_dir = os.path.join(home, '.freezer')
    backup_args.__dict__['work_dir'] = work_dir
    if not os.path.exists(work_dir):
        try:
            os.makedirs(work_dir)
        except (OSError, IOError) as err_msg:
            # This avoids freezer-agent to crash if it can't write to
            # ~/.freezer, which may happen on some env (for me,
            # it happens in Jenkins, as freezer-agent can't write to
            # /var/lib/jenkins).
            print(encodeutils.safe_decode('{}'.format(err_msg)),
                  file=sys.stderr)

    # If hostname is not set, hostname of the current node will be used
    if not backup_args.hostname:
        backup_args.__dict__['hostname'] = socket.gethostname()

    # If we have provided --proxy then overwrite the system HTTP_PROXY and
    # HTTPS_PROXY
    if backup_args.proxy:
        utils.alter_proxy(backup_args.proxy)

    # MySQLdb object
    backup_args.__dict__['mysql_db_inst'] = ''
    backup_args.__dict__['storages'] = None
    if conf and conf.storages:
        backup_args.__dict__['storages'] = conf.storages

    # Windows volume
    backup_args.__dict__['shadow'] = ''
    backup_args.__dict__['shadow_path'] = ''
    backup_args.__dict__['file_name'] = ''
    if winutils.is_windows():
        if backup_args.path_to_backup:
            backup_args.__dict__['windows_volume'] = \
                backup_args.path_to_backup[:3]

    # todo(enugaev) move it to new command line param backup_media
    backup_media = 'fs'
    if backup_args.cinder_vol_id:
        backup_media = 'cinder'
    elif backup_args.cindernative_vol_id:
        backup_media = 'cindernative'
    elif backup_args.nova_inst_id:
        backup_media = 'nova'

    backup_args.__dict__['backup_media'] = backup_media

    backup_args.__dict__['time_stamp'] = None

    if backup_args.upload_limit or backup_args.download_limit and not\
            winutils.is_windows():
        if backup_args.config:
            conf_file = NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='freezer_job_', delete=False)
            defaults['upload_limit'] = defaults['download_limit'] = -1
            utils.save_config_to_file(defaults, conf_file)
            conf_index = sys.argv.index('--config') + 1
            sys.argv[conf_index] = conf_file.name

        if '--upload-limit' in sys.argv:
            index = sys.argv.index('--upload-limit')
            sys.argv.pop(index)
            sys.argv.pop(index)
        if '--download-limit' in sys.argv:
            index = sys.argv.index('--download-limit')
            sys.argv.pop(index)
            sys.argv.pop(index)

        trickle_executable = distspawn.find_executable('trickle')
        if trickle_executable is None:
            trickle_executable = distspawn.find_executable(
                'trickle', path=":".join(sys.path))
            if trickle_executable is None:
                        trickle_executable = distspawn.find_executable(
                            'trickle', path=":".join(os.environ.get('PATH')))

        trickle_lib = distspawn.find_executable('trickle-overload.so')
        if trickle_lib is None:
            trickle_lib = distspawn.find_executable(
                'trickle-overload.so', path=":".join(sys.path))
            if trickle_lib is None:
                trickle_lib = distspawn.find_executable(
                    'trickle-overload.so', path=":".join(
                        os.environ.get('PATH')))
        if trickle_executable and trickle_lib:
            LOG.info("[*] Info: Starting trickle ...")
            os.environ['LD_PRELOAD'] = trickle_lib
            trickle_command = '{0} -d {1} -u {2} '.\
                format(trickle_executable,
                       getattr(backup_args, 'download_limit') or -1,
                       getattr(backup_args, 'upload_limit') or -1)
            backup_args.__dict__['trickle_command'] = trickle_command
            if "tricklecount" in os.environ:
                tricklecount = int(os.environ.get("tricklecount", 1))
                tricklecount += 1
                os.environ["tricklecount"] = str(tricklecount)

            else:
                os.environ["tricklecount"] = str(1)
        else:
            LOG.critical("[*] Trickle or Trickle library not found. Switching "
                         "to normal mode without limiting bandwidth")
    return backup_args