david-guenault / dolibarr-backup

Backup my dolibarr instance

dolibarr-backup

Backup my dolibarr instance

Installation

make a copy of env.template as env

copy env and backup file to /usr/local/dolibarr

Configuration

Edit env file and modify the following to match YOUR setup

MYSQLHOST=localhost
MYSQLUSER=dolibarr 
MYSQLPASSWORD=yourpassword
MYSQLDB=dolibarr
DOCUMENTS=/var/lib/dolibarr/documents
BACKUPPATH=/path/to/backups
MAXBACKUP=30

Note : MAXBACKUP is the number of backup to keep. Once you reach this number, the oldest backup is removed.

Planification

Create a cron job to execute the script

crontab -e 

00 00 * * * /usr/local/dolibarr/backup 
06 06 * * * /usr/local/dolibarr/backup 
00 12 * * * /usr/local/dolibarr/backup 
00 18 * * * /usr/local/dolibarr/backup