[SOLVED] Run Backup Daily

[rcsdownload]

Just want to know if this are the correct way to backup the whole system?
Say, if the server crashed, will I be able to restore it completely with all these backups?
- Application.tar.gz
- Config.tar.gz
- Database Backup.sql.gz

Also, how to run backup daily?

Thank you so much

[RStraub]

Depends how you define it.

With those files you will be able to restore all data and configuration - yes.
But it will not take care of a broken server, e.g. modules are missing or perl isn't installed.

Daily backup is best run via the backup script and a cron job.

[rcsdownload]

Thank you for your reply.

Can help me how to do it via cron?

[RStraub]

Assuming you run it as otrs user and the $HOME is set (else use absolute path), the cron entry could look like this:
(Backup will be valid for 30 days and then deleted)

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# Create a internal backup of the system every day at 5:05 am
05 05 * * * $HOME/scripts/backup.pl -d /opt/otrs-backup/ -c gzip -r 30 -f fullbackup

[rcsdownload]

Thank you.

I'm actually running it on CentOS and using a docker container
my orig backup files are in /opt/otrs/scripts/backup.pl
and the backup I created (tar.gz files) are inside /opt/backup/

Will the command be:
05 05 * * * $opt/otrs/scripts/backup.pl -d /opt/backup/ -c gzip -r 30 -f fullbackup

Thank you.

[jojo]

man crontab and man 5 crontab should help. Also your Lunux Admin should be able to consult you on this question

[rcsdownload]

Thank you RStraub!

[RStraub]

Will the command be:
05 05 * * * $opt/otrs/scripts/backup.pl -d /opt/backup/ -c gzip -r 30 -f fullbackup

This will not work, replace the $ infront of opt with a slash.

[rcsdownload]

Ah yes did that!

Thank you so much RStraub!
It's now OK.

Thank you