Backup xenforo, what are the options
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Robby
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I would like to use them but i dont know how to set it up. My vps is with nimbus.
Robby
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Wich version of rsnapshop do i choose?
MattW
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What OS did you install?
Robby
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And how do i install this?
euantor
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Duplicity is pretty good for backing up files too. DigitalOcean also have a great guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...th-gpg-to-securely-automate-backups-on-ubuntu
duderuud
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I use my Synology @home to transfer the backups to. Mysqlhotcopy the db's and rsync the stuff
Me too, I use Xtrabackup to make a dump and rsync the DB to my QNAP at home once every week (it's a 50GB file...)
Oh, and obvious but still...restore the backup frequently to see if it still works
I'm just using this: http://codecanyon.net/item/smartbackup-an-intuitive-backup-manager/3102970
Run it via cron everyday at 4am.
Run it via cron everyday at 4am.
Me too, I use Xtrabackup to make a dump and rsync the DB to my QNAP at home once every week (it's a 50GB file...)
Oh, and obvious but still...restore the backup frequently to see if it still works
How do you guys set it up? I have a Diskstation at home which I like to set up to sync the backup of my sites.I use my Synology @home to transfer the backups to. Mysqlhotcopy the db's and rsync the stuff
MattW
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It's going to depend if you can either launch an rsync client on the NAS, or if it allows SSH connection to it (and also have rsync installed).
I have an iomega NAS which allows you to start rsync, and also enable SSH connections, so I have a bash script where I rsync my daily backup to the NAS at home.
I would assume that all options are available to me, which is the preferred method for fastest time and reliability?
Setup a script on the web server to automatically backup daily?
Allow the NAS to SSH to the webserver and rsync?
I haven't found much tutorial online on how to do this easily.
woei
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Snog
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The problem with using rsync is if something should go wrong with one of your files, such as it gets overwritten or changed for some reason, then your backup becomes worthless because rsync will back it up as a changed file. The backup would now contain a bad version of a file. If you don't catch it and you rotate backup disks, eventually all backups are bad.
A much better way is to dump the database and add it to a gzip that is numerically (or date) incremented of the entire site every time it's backed up. Transfer time is longer, but is much more reliable and you can track back as far as you need to restore a good version of the site. I do this for many clients on anywhere from a daily to a monthly basis depending on what they want.
A much better way is to dump the database and add it to a gzip that is numerically (or date) incremented of the entire site every time it's backed up. Transfer time is longer, but is much more reliable and you can track back as far as you need to restore a good version of the site. I do this for many clients on anywhere from a daily to a monthly basis depending on what they want.
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Snog
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Interesting. I'll have to do some test backups to see how things go with that.
Right now, a restore is as simple as uploading the gzip, unzipping it and restoring the database. I'll have to see how it's done with that.
Mian Shahid
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We are using http://r1softlicenses.com/ for our site as well as our clients. Economical and reliable.
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