How do I enable automatic backup?

Hi everyone.

That's it. How do I enable and configure automatic backup? I've been searching around and can't find anything.

 

Have a look at these tutorials: http://www.howtoforge.com/howto_linux_systemimager
http://www.howtoforge.com/dedicated_server_backup_restore_systemimager
http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_rdiff_backup

 

Thanks, I know about backup tools. But I was talking about the backup that appears in the changelog (2.1.2).

Changelog
---------

- Added module for client and reseller invoices.
- Added slowenian error pages.
- Added automatic backup script for all customers.
- Improved update manager.
- Updated swedish, french and italian language files.
- Bugfix: Missing module error in WebFTP is fixed.

 

Now everything make sense. Thanks.

 

hello,

i have this line

Code:

05 02 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/backup.php &> /dev/null

in the crontab, but no backup-folders.
what can be wrong?

regards,
dumb-medic

 

What happens if you run this command:

Code:

/root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/backup.php

on the shell (as root)?

 

simply nothing, bash prompt.
in /var/log/messages no entry
and again no backup-folders.

 

hitting enter brings the prompt, same second.

 

Please set $go_info["server"]["do_automated_backups"] to 1 in /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/lib/config.inc.php.

 

Fixed!

that did it, was set to 0.

dropped the crontab-line on bash as root again, all backup-folders including zips are made.

thanks falko, thanks till!
regards,
dumb-medic

 

thanks for the info!

How often will this run? daily? I'll have to backup bind and apache files too right for complete backup?

 

Hi

Automatic backups didn't work for me. In crontab I have appropriate line and in my /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/lib/config.inc.php I set up backups to 1 and wait for couple days .. and nothing .. in backups directory is only one backup which I created by

Code:

/root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/backup.php

and in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog no error ...

This problem I had in previous version of ISPconfig and after upgrade to latest version it remains ..

any idea?

 

What do you see when you run

Code:

/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/zip/zip -h

? Maybe there's a problem with zip...

 

Output of this command is

Code:

# /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/zip/zip -h
Copyright (C) 1990-1999 Info-ZIP
Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
Zip 2.3 (November 29th 1999). Usage:
zip [-options] [-b path] [-t mmddyyyy] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list]
  The default action is to add or replace zipfile entries from list, which
  can include the special name - to compress standard input.
  If zipfile and list are omitted, zip compresses stdin to stdout.
  -f   freshen: only changed files  -u   update: only changed or new files
  -d   delete entries in zipfile    -m   move into zipfile (delete files)
  -r   recurse into directories     -j   junk (don't record) directory names
  -0   store only                   -l   convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF)
  -1   compress faster              -9   compress better
  -q   quiet operation              -v   verbose operation/print version info
  -c   add one-line comments        -z   add zipfile comment
  -@   read names from stdin        -o   make zipfile as old as latest entry
  -x   exclude the following names  -i   include only the following names
  -F   fix zipfile (-FF try harder) -D   do not add directory entries
  -A   adjust self-extracting exe   -J   junk zipfile prefix (unzipsfx)
  -T   test zipfile integrity       -X   eXclude eXtra file attributes
  -y   store symbolic links as the link instead of the referenced file
  -R   PKZIP recursion (see manual)
  -h   show this help               -n   don't compress these suffixes

 

If I execute backup manualy I get:

Code:

# /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/backup.php
        zip warning: name not matched: *

zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -ry /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/temp/f5deba956ee428ec03ec9615467911f0/web20_user.zip . -i *)
        zip warning: name not matched: *

zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -ry /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/temp/305da47d27d13c7f5513be666ecacd54/web22_user.zip . -i *)
        zip warning: name not matched: *

zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -ry /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/temp/928c37c9776f9da3cb088a6102ec8c99/web28_user.zip . -i *)
        zip warning: name not matched: *

zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -ry /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/temp/a3d95fc162fdccff67dbd5f34b64b2c1/web32_user.zip . -i *)

These webs has not any data yet. I don't know if it is fatal error or not but I have backup files in backup dirs and in backup.php is -ry (I have latest version of ISPConfig). In syslog is not any line with *CRON* or *backup* in a defined time.

I tried change crontab line to

Code:

05 02 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/backup.php &> /root/backup.txt

but in my root directory is not any new file .. what is wrong?

my crontab:

Code:

# crontab -l
30 00 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/logs.php &> /dev/null
59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/ftp_logs.php &> /dev/null
59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/mail_logs.php &> /dev/null
59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/cleanup.php &> /dev/null
0 4 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/webalizer.php &> /dev/null
0,30 * * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/check_services.php &> /dev/null
15 3,15 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/quota_msg.php &> /dev/null
40 00 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/traffic.php &> /dev/null
05 02 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/backup.php &> /dev/null