How to configure automatic backups with bash script?

This article describes an alternative way to automate platform backups. To configure the backup schedule through the platform interface, see the documentation article Creating platform backups.

Example

On the server with DCImanager 6:

1. Create the script /root/dci_backup.sh:

   Script option with saving the backup to a local server

   #!/bin/bash
   yes "" | dci backup > backup.log 2>&1
   cat backup.log | awk -F'tar cfvz' '{print $2}' | egrep -o '[a-zA-Z0-9/_\.]+' | head -n1
   rm -f backup.log

   Script option with saving the backup to a local and an external server

   #!/bin/bash
   backup=$(yes "" | dci backup > backup.log 2>&1;cat backup.log | awk -F'tar cfvz' '{print $2}' | egrep -o '[a-zA-Z0-9/_\.]+' | head -n1;rm -f backup.log)
   rsync $backup user@domain.com:/backups/

   Comments

   user — user name at the external server

   domain.com — domain name or IP address of the external server

   /backups/ — directory for backups on the external server

2. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x /root/dci_backup.sh

3. Add the start of this script to cron:

   Example of daily script start at 02:15

   echo "15 2 * * * /root/dci_backup.sh" | crontab

4. Restart cron:

   systemctl restart crond