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 #
 # Instructions for the micro-backup-script
 #
 # See:
 #   https://gitpull.it/source/micro-backup-script/
 #
 # Notes:
 #    This is the name of the expected configuration file:
 #      backup-instructions.conf
 #
 #    This is just an example:
 #      backup-instructions-example.conf
 ################################################################
 
 # backup all server configurations
 backup_path /etc
 
 # backup all system logs
 backup_path /var/log
 
 # backup just last lines of some system logs
 #backup_last_log_lines /var/log/secure
 #backup_last_log_lines /var/log/audit/audit.log
 
 # backup crontab etc.
 backup_path /var/spool/cron
 backup_path /var/spool/mail
 
 # backup a custom file
 backup_path           /opt/tomcat/webapps/IDOM.war
 backup_last_log_lines /opt/tomcat/logs/IDOM.log
 
 # uncomment to skip some databases
 # note that as default we skip a couple of system databases
 #skip_database '^something$'
 #skip_database '^something[0-9]else$'
 
+# this is just an example that has sense in most machines
+# since a Zabbix Proxy doesn't make much sense: it's enough
+# to have a backup of your central Zabbix Server. 
+skip_database '^zabbix_proxy$'
+
 # backup every single database (but not the skipped ones)
 backup_every_database
 
 # uncomment to backup just a single database
 #backup_database DATABASE_NAME
 
 # uncomment to backup some local files using a pattern or something like that
 #backup_paths /var/log/X*
 
 # uncomment to backup an host reachable via ssh
 #backup_host_dir  127.1.2.3:/home         mega-server-stuff/home
 
 # uncomment to backup (pull) an host reachable via ssh
 #backup_host_file 127.1.2.3:/tmp/file.war mega-server-stuff/wars
 
 # uncomment to push something to another host (even on a custom port)
 #push_path_host /tmp/something host:/path
 #push_path_host /tmp/something host:/path 2222
 
 # push the local "daily/" directory into an host on the specified location
 #push_daily_directory example.com:/home/backups/something/daily