Backup Strategy

The purpose of backup is to enable recovery. Backup and recovery are always risky; here are some steps that minimize the chance recovery is necessary:

These steps improve the chances of successful recovery:

OpenACS installations comprise files and database contents. If you follow the reference install and put all files, including configuration files, in /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/, and back up the database nightly to a file in /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/database-backup, then you can apply standard file-based backup strategies to /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME