albertolarah / bulk_backupandrestore

Moodle bulk backup and restore courses

Bulk backup and restore

This plugin allows site administrators to perform bulk course backup and restore.

The web interface uses a separate AJAX request for each backup/restore.

Installation

Copy this folder into admin/tool and perform a site upgrade (via web or CLI).

Upon installation, go to Site Administration -> Courses -> Bulk backup and restore courses.

Bulk backup of course categories

Select a category to backup, and a target directory (with write permissions for web user - apache, nginx). All visible courses on this category (and all sub-categories) will be backed up.

When finished, a CSV file with the results will be generated.

Bulk restore

This plugin also allows performing restore from backup files stored on the server, using a CSV file where some parameters are defined:

• Target category
• Folder where the backup file is stored
• Backup file (.mbz)
• Restored course full name
• Restored course short name
• Restore course Id number
• Restore users (1 = restore, 0 = do not restore)
• Restore blocks (1 = restore, 0 = do not restore)

CLI interface

There are CLI scripts to perform backup/restore of course categories. Run the CLI scripts without parameters to get the help:

• Backup course category: sudo -u apache admin/tool/bulk_backupandrestore/cli/backup.php
• Restore course category: sudo -u apache admin/tool/bulk_backupandrestore/cli/restore.php
• Restore individual course: sudo -u apache admin/tool/bulk_backupandrestore/cli/restore_course.php