mheap / ansible-app-backup

mheap.app-backup

Originally designed to back up WordPress installs, this should work for anything that has a database and a single folder. It'll dump the database, take a copy of all the files and download a zip file containing everything to your local directory.

This playbook has been tested on Ubuntu with the zip extension installed. It should work on any Linux, but is untested

Usage

Create a playbook.yml that includes the role and a folder and database to back up.

---
- hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  roles:
      - role: mheap.app-backup
        name: Nice Name
        working_dir: /var/www/site
        db_name: my_database
        db_user: username
        db_pass: password

Then run:

ansible-playbook -i /path/to/inventory playbook.yml

Your files will now be in the current directory.

Advanced usage

If your root user has a .my.cnf that allows access to all databases without a password, you can omit db_user and db_pass and the role will automatically sudo and dump the databases. You'll need to run ansible-playbook -K if using this functionality