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A local or remote file & database backup script tailored for multiple virtualhost backups. Yet it actually works for a lot of backup tasks. A file & database backup script tailored for multiple virtualhost backups locally or remotely via ssh.
Yet it actually works for a lot of backup tasks.
## About ## About
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Every action gets logged, and at the end of the backup process, if there was a warning, Every action gets logged, and at the end of the backup process, if there was a warning,
a stopped task or an error an alert email will be sent. a stopped task or an error an alert email will be sent.
OBackup can enumerate and backup all MariaDB / MySQL databases present on a server. OBackup can enumerate and backup all MariaDB / MySQL databases present on a server
It can also enumarate all subdirectories of a given path and process them as separate tasks (usefull for multiple vhosts). It can also enumarate all subdirectories of a given path and process them as separate tasks (usefull for multiple vhosts).
It will do several checks before launching a backup like execution checks, dryruns, It will do several checks before launching a backup like execution checks, dryruns,
checking backup size and available local disk space. checking backup size and available local disk space.
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You can run multiple instances of obackup scripts with different backup environments. Just copy the script to another You can run multiple instances of obackup scripts with different backup environments. Just copy the script to another
filename, edit it's environment and you're ready to run concurrently. filename, edit it's environment and you're ready to run concurrently.
## Usage
MariaDB / MySQL backups are consistent because dumps are done with the --single-transaction option.
File backups can be done directly of the data won't change while backing up but a snapshot of the actual data to backup
is preferable as it will stay consistent (LVM, zfs or btrfs snapshots will do fine).
$ ./obackup.sh TASKNAME --dry
$ ./obackup.sh TASKNAME
## Author ## Author
Orsiris "Ozy" de Jong. Orsiris "Ozy" de Jong.