{"id":9428,"date":"2020-12-03T18:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/?p=9428"},"modified":"2023-01-19T13:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:48:52","slug":"how-to-back-up-linux-server-backupninja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/how-to-back-up-linux-server-backupninja\/","title":{"rendered":"How to backup Linux server backupninja"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backupninja allows you to coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into<\/span> \/etc\/backup.d\/<\/em>. <\/span>Most programs you might use for making backups don’t have their own configuration file format. Backupninja provides a centralized way to configure and coordinate many different backup utilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Install the backupninja<\/span><\/h3>\n

To install backupninja, you need to log into your server and issue the following commands:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ubuntu \/ Debian<\/span><\/p>\n

apt update -y<\/span>
apt install backupninja<\/span><\/pre>\n
RHEL & Centos<\/span><\/p>\n
dnf install epel-release<\/span>
dnf install backupninja duplicity rdiff-backup<\/span><\/pre>\n
\"How<\/span><\/p>\n
Configuring Backupninja<\/span><\/h3>\n
The backupninja application comes with a handy wizard that will help you set up your backup.<\/span><\/p>\n
# ninjahelper<\/span><\/pre>\n
\"How<\/span>
MySQL backup<\/span><\/h3>\n
Choose to create a new backup action and MySQL database backup.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span><\/p>\n
Next, you need to enter a directory.<\/span><\/p>\n
 \"How<\/span>
If you need to backup all databases, click YES, otherwise, you have to enter the name of the database to back up.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span>
Set up authentication method, I will choose a password.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span><\/p>\n
Select backup option by spacebar.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span>
Done, the MySQL backup is configured.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span><\/p>\n
Now you can view, edit, disable, rename, run, test, or delete config.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span>
Folder Backup<\/span><\/h3>\n
I ran several websites on the server, so I want to keep website files safe, so I need to create a new backup rule. In my case, I will choose a TAR backup.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span><\/p>\n
Name needed and path for backup.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span>
\"How<\/span>
Choose the compression.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How<\/span><\/p>\n
On the next pages, you should enter Includes\/Excludes.<\/span><\/p>\n
\"How\"How<\/span><\/p>\n
Done, the backup is configured.<\/span><\/p>\n
Automate backups\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
I will simply add to my cron the next row, so the backup could start every 2 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
0 2 * * * \/usr\/sbin\/backupninja --now<\/span><\/pre>\n
Remove files from backup<\/span><\/h3>\n
Tar backups by default does not have a rotation so you should add the next script to cron to remove files older than 14 days<\/span><\/p>\n
0 1 * * * find \/path\/to\/backup\/* -type f -mtime +14 -exec rm -f {} \\;
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