johancyprich / BackupXml

Backs up folders and databases on a Linux system.

BackupXml

Version: 1.0.1
Date: January 19, 2015
License: The MIT License (MIT)

Author: Johan Cyprich
Author E-mail: [e-mail]

REQUIREMENTS

PHP 5.x
MySQL or PostgreSQL
Install BackupXml on Linux

DESCRIPTION

Backups website folders and the associated databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL) with it. This can be automated as a cron job.

SETUP

The xml/backup.xml file needs to be setup correctly in order for this app to work. The following describes each variable to set:

Set the e-mail server information and the backup path.

Configuration

• AdminUsername
  
• AdminPassword
  
• EmailReport: 1 = send notification, 0 = don't send
  
• UseSmtpAuthorization: 1 = use SMTP authentication, 0 = don't use
  
• SmtpAddress: address of mail server
  
• SmtpUsername: user name to login to mail server
  
• SmtpPassword: password of user for mail server
  
• FromEmail: e-mail address of sender for notifications
  
• FromName: name of user sending notifications
  
• Prefix: name of backup folder
  
• UseHost: 1 = use --host option in database backup, 0 = don't use
  
• UsePort: 1 = use --port option in database backup, 0 = don't use
  
• UseUsername: 1 = use --user or --username option in database backup, 0 = don't use
  
• BackupPath: path to backup data

Set the recipients for the log file.

Users

• User: e-mail of user to receive logs

Set the connection info for each database. DatabaseServer is either MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Databases

• DatabaseServer: MySQL or PostgreSQL
  
• Host: --host of database server
  
• Port: --port of database server
  
• Username: user for accessing database
  
• Password: password of user
  
• Database: database to backup

Set the folders that are to be backup up.

Folders

• Folder: folder to backup