Getting Started

The following is a simple walk-through to familiarize you with how GoBackup works.

If you have not yet installed GoBackup, see the Installation page.

Generating config file

  1. $ touch ~/.gobackup/gobackup.yml

NOTE: Or put config file in there: /etc/gobackup/gobackup.yml

And then edit config file like this:

  1. models:
  2.   my_app:
  3.     compress_with:
  4.       type: tgz
  5.     store_with:
  6.       type: local
  7.       keep: 20
  8.       path: /data/backups
  9.     databases:
  10.       my_app:
  11.         database: my_app_production
  12.         type: mysql
  13.         host: localhost
  14.         port: 3306
  15.         username: root
  16.     archive:
  17.       includes:
  18.         - /var/www/my_app/uploads
  19.         - /var/www/my_app/shared/ssl

Run backup

  1. $ gobackup perform
  1. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 ======== my_app ========
  2. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 WorkDir: /tmp/gobackup/1504853256396379166
  4. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 ------------- Databases --------------
  5. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 => database | MySQL: my_app
  6. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 Dump mysql dump to /tmp/gobackup/1504853256396379166/mysql/my_app/my_app_production.sql
  7. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 ----------- End databases ------------
  9. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 ------------- Compressor --------------
  10. 2017/09/08 06:47:36 => Compress with Tgz...
  11. 2017/09/08 06:47:39 -> /tmp/gobackup/2017.09.08.06.47.39.tar.gz
  12. 2017/09/08 06:47:39 ----------- End Compressor ------------
  14. 2017/09/08 06:47:39 => storage | Local
  15. 2017/09/08 06:47:39 -> Copying...
  16. 2017/09/08 06:47:39 -> /data/backups/my_app/2017.09.08.06.47.39.tar.gz
  18. 2017/09/08 06:48:04 Cleanup temp dir...
  19. 2017/09/08 06:48:04 ======= End my_app =======

Check your backup files

  1. $ ls /data/backups/my_app/