backup-script

DESCRIPTION

• This script is pretty simple. But it is ideal for periodic backing up your small-scale sites.
• This script needs to be installed gdrive in order to work. Detailed information can be found at https://github.com/prasmussen/gdrive
• This script can be used to upload your site files and database you have hosted on the VPS to Google Drive.
• This script does not keep your backups on your server. Also, your Google Drive account may only have 1 backup.
• You can run this script manually or automatically using cron.
• If you use Cron, you can decide when backups will be taken. Just remember that your Google Drive account has 1 backup.

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USAGE

• First edit the "CHANGE BY YOURSELF" section according to your own information.
• Upload the script to your server.
• Do not forget to make the script executable. chmod a+x backup.sh
• Add a cron job if you want to make a periodic backup.
• A sample cron job (for backing up on Monday at 1:00 am UTC) :
  • Open the crontab editor with the crontab -e command.
  • Add the bottom line: \* 1 * * 6 /backup.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
• If tar, mysqldump, zip and gdrive commands are in different locations, please update export PATH line.

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Explanation of Variables

1. NAME : A prefix for site backup files.
2. FROM_BACKUP_DIR : The path to the root directory of the site files you want to back up (i.e public_html). DO NOT USE THE "/" AT THE END OF LINE.
3. TO_BACKUP_DIR : The location where the compressed site files will be stored on the server. DO NOT USE THE "/" AT THE END OF LINE.
4. GOOGLE_DRIVE_DIR : Your Google Drive folder ID. This folder must be empty when uploading first.
5. DBUSER : MySQL database username.
6. DBPASS : MySQL database password.
7. DBNAME : MySQL database name.

The command is simple but the description is complicated :)