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  #!/bin/bash  
 
  #!/bin/bash  
 
  touch /home/ssteinig/ftw.text</code>
 
  touch /home/ssteinig/ftw.text</code>
* create a cron-tab entry for ssteinig user using "<code>crontab -e</code>"
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* create a cron-tab entry for user ''ssteinig'' with "<code>crontab -e</code>"
 
*: then add entry such as "<code>00 01 * * * sh /home/ssteinig/pgdbbackup.sh</code>" to run the script daily at 1:00 am
 
*: then add entry such as "<code>00 01 * * * sh /home/ssteinig/pgdbbackup.sh</code>" to run the script daily at 1:00 am
*: => when using the user "postgres" then
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*: => when using the user "postgres" to do the db dump
 
*:* check if postgres user has a password assigned already (use ALTER... to do so: http://wiki.geosteiniger.cl/mediawiki-1.22.7/index.php/Setting_up_geonode#Some_PostgreSQL_commands )
 
*:* check if postgres user has a password assigned already (use ALTER... to do so: http://wiki.geosteiniger.cl/mediawiki-1.22.7/index.php/Setting_up_geonode#Some_PostgreSQL_commands )
 
*:* create a .pgpass file to provide the password: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Pgpass
 
*:* create a .pgpass file to provide the password: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Pgpass
 
* check also if the cron is running <code>sudo service cron status</code> otherwise start it...
 
* check also if the cron is running <code>sudo service cron status</code> otherwise start it...
 
* to see what the cron tab contains use <code>crontab -l</code>
 
* to see what the cron tab contains use <code>crontab -l</code>

Revision as of 18:19, 2 December 2014

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How to set up Backups

notifications

To get notified about the backups via email, a/the shell script may send emails via "mailx" - i.e Nail. => see http://klenwell.com/press/2009/03/ubuntu-email-with-nail/

copy of the geonode DB

  • create a shell script that contains the pgdump instructions - see /home/ssteinig/pgdbbackup.sh on CedeusDB
  • test if script or script execution actually works. A simple script for testing may perhaps be this (/home/ssteinig/touchy.sh)
#!/bin/bash 
touch /home/ssteinig/ftw.text