☁️ Duplicator: Backup and move sites

[adrian]

1 minute ago, Peter Knight said:

If I want this backup task to run every day at X pm/am I correct in thinking I require PWCron Module and I need to paste the appropriate command into the PWCron Modules to run field

4 0 * * * php /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/site/modules/PwCron/cron.php >/dev/null 2>&1

Personally I wouldn't bother with PWCron - I would use a normal system cron (via crontab -e or similar). This is the simplest and most customizable approach.

[flydev]

PwCron is not required anymore, you can set your job calling directly  site/modules/Duplicator/cron.php 

https://github.com/flydev-fr/Duplicator#system-cron

[Peter Knight]

Thanks guys. Got it working. New to Cron but it was easy enough to figure out on a VPS ?

[Krlos]

Hi, I'm just installed this module to try a new way to do my backups, and I have a question: where is stored in Google Drive the backup file?

[flydev]

hi @Krlos the file is stored in a folder called Duplicator on the drive account, then the file is shared with the email address you configure in Duplicator > GoogleDrive settings.

[szabesz]

Hi @flydev

On 12/27/2017 at 11:50 AM, Peter Knight said:

Looking forward to DropBox integration too. I notice it's temporarily parked.

Me too   Any news on it?

 

[flydev]

Still no time sorry

[szabesz]

Thanks in advance anyway

[Krlos]

Hi, I just want to thank to flydev and everyone else who has contributed to this wonderful module.

For me, Duplicator It has worked flawlesly to make backups and bring those backups to my local machine to test new functionality.

Sincerely a fellow Processwire developer.

 

[Macrura]

yeah i also want to thank @flydev for the awesome work on this, massively appreciated!

[sebr]

Hi

I just installed this module but I cannot use it. I don-t have any "Backup now" button.

Is someone can help me ?

Thanks in advance

 

[flydev]

Hi @sebr

You have to install the Process module called ProcessDuplicator.

You can find it in the menu Modules > Install > ProcessDuplicator then once installed, you will find the module under Setup > Duplicator or click the link <eye-icon> Package Manager in Duplicator.

 

 

Edited January 16, 2018 by flydev
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[sebr]

Really good. It works fine now ;-)

Thanks a lot

[adrian]

@flydev - I think I must be missing something, but I am still confused about the storage of backups on Google Drive. My local backups are keeping the last 10 and removing the oldest once to enable adding of the new one. The problem is that on Google Drive it only stores 10, and won't add anymore unless I manually delete one so that there are only 9 stored before the next backup runs.

Maybe I am supposed to use the "Remove backup packages older than" option, but I am not really sure how to make that work as I want. I would like to keep daily backups for 10 days so that there are always 10 stored backups. The options to remove are minute, day, week, month, year, but none of these would delete on the 10th day - does that make sense?

The other thought I have is what about the ability to keep daily backups for a week, and then weekly backups (1 per week), monthly (1 per month), etc like you can do with rsnapshot and other solutions?

Thanks! 

[fbg13]

Why are there two modules? Can the main module be used without the "Packages Manager" module?

Why the "sort by name" button and not use the table header?

Delete all button goes all the way to the right because no "position: relative" on parent. You could also float it to right.

Sorry if these were already discussed.

[adrian]

3 minutes ago, fbg13 said:

Why are there two modules? Can the main module be used without the "Packages Manager" module?

Yes, the Process module under Setup > Duplicator is not necessary to run the backups. I guess the only reason that the interface in the that process module is not in the config settings for the main module is so that you can give access permission to use it to non-superusers.

 

[antpre]

Hy Flydev, a big thanks for this module that is offering a nice backup/duplication solution. That's realy helpfull. In 30 minutes I was up and running uploading the backups on an S3 buckets. Great.
I have one question though. What about the restoring process. I am a bit confused about it. I saw the post were you put that animated gif showing it. But now that package are not the same (meaning they are both zip files and i dont see the installer.php). Could you sum up the process please. and eventualy add it in the module description page.

Thanks again

[szabesz]

Hi,

2 hours ago, antpre said:

What about the restoring process.

Download the installer called "installer.php" and put it next to the ZIP package in the site root directory. So they must reside in the same directory. Access installer.php from the browser.

[antpre]

Thanks szabesz

That's clear. I was just looking at the zip file that had  been uploaded to the S3 bucket (in my case) and i was not finding the installer. thanks

I have one question. Imagine your site is corrupted or innacessible for any sort of reason. Then you cannot access the admin on your site. You will have the backup package (the .zip) but how how will I get the install file if the site down ? How to restore your site in this senario ?

Sorry if my question sounds stupid.

[szabesz]

5 minutes ago, antpre said:

How to restore your site in this senario ?

It is in: .../site/modules/Duplicator/Deploy/installer.php

And that means:

https://github.com/flydev-fr/Duplicator/blob/master/Deploy/installer.php

Edited February 4, 2018 by szabesz
ulr added

[szabesz]

Also, you do not really need the installer. If you have the db and the files, then they can be restored manually. The installer is there to make the process a lot faster and semi-automatic, less error-prone.

[antpre]

ok thanks a lot.

[szabesz]

@flydev Hi,

I was fiddling with the package name config and accidentally created one package named like this:

2018-02-05_21-16-00-{timestamp}_mysite_loc.zip.package.zip

I could not delete it with the Package Manager's trash icon + clicking the Delete button of the confirmation dialog (nothing happened). Maybe because of the curly brackets?

[flydev]

@szabesz  Yes and because the sanitizer used on filename: https://processwire.com/api/ref/sanitizer/filename/

 

@adrian I will test GoogleDrive, but if you choose to keep 10 backups, it should keep deleting the oldest backup and adding the new one without the need to use the "Remove Backup Packages Older Than" option. I remember and Its possible that I changed one settings last time I pushed an update. I will check.

 

@antpre Thanks for the feedback! ?

[szabesz]

2 minutes ago, flydev said:

Yes and because the sanitizer used on filename: https://processwire.com/api/ref/sanitizer/filename/

I see. However, it just "fails" silently. Maybe a notification to the user? Or did I get one just missed it?