Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/snapshot-backup.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/snapshot-backup.html,v diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/snapshot-backup.html 27 Oct 2014 16:39:25 -0000 1.13 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/snapshot-backup.html 7 Aug 2017 23:47:52 -0000 1.14 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Manual backup and recovery

Manual backup and recovery

This section describes how to make a one-time backup and +Manual backup and recovery

Manual backup and recovery

This section describes how to make a one-time backup and restore of the files and database. This is useful for rolling back to known-good versions of a service, such as at initial installation and just before an upgrade. First, you back up the @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ exit

  • Back up the file system. Back up all of the files in the service, including the database backup file but excluding the auto-generated supervise directory, which is - unneccesary and has complicated permissions.

    In the tar command,

    • c create a + unnecessary and has complicated permissions.

      In the tar command,

      • c create a new tar archive

      • p preserves permissions.

      • s preserves file sort order

      • z compresses the output with gzip.

      • The --exclude clauses skips some daemontools files that are owned by root and thus cannot be backed up by the service owner. These files are autogenerated and we don't @@ -130,4 +130,4 @@ [postgres ~]$ exit logout

    • Activate the service

      [root root]# ln -s /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/daemontools /service/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
       [root root]# sleep 10
      -[root root]# svgroup web /service/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
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    +[root root]# svgroup web /service/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME