Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/automated-backup.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/automated-backup.html,v diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/automated-backup.html 16 Feb 2005 00:21:02 -0000 1.6 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/automated-backup.html 4 Jun 2006 00:45:24 -0000 1.7 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ -Automated Backup

Automated Backup

The recommended backup strategy for a production sit is to use an automated script which first backs up the database to a file in /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/database-backup and then backs up all of /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME to a single zip file, and then copies that zip file to another computer.

  1. Make sure that the manual backup process described above works.

  2. Customize the default backup script. Edit /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/backup.sh with your specific parameters.

  3. + +Automated Backup

    Automated Backup

    The recommended backup strategy for a production sit is to use an automated script which first backs up the database to a file in /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/database-backup and then backs up all of /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME to a single zip file, and then copies that zip file to another computer.

    1. Make sure that the manual backup process described above works.

    2. Customize the default backup script. Edit /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/backup.sh with your specific parameters.

    3. Make sure the file is executable:

      chmod +x backup.sh
    4. Set this file to run automatically by adding a line to root's crontab. (Typically, with export EDITOR=emacs; crontab -e.) This example runs the backup script at 1:30 am every day.

      30 1 * * *        sh /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/backup.sh
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