On 30/06/09 21:33, Dean Sas wrote: > alan c wrote: >> After reading the horror stories about 'website hacked' and the like I >> wanted to check my understanding about backing up. >> >> I am aware of simple methods such as >> Copying files directly presumably with say, filezilla , after logging >> in as admin is what first come to mind. >> But what about httrack? This can mirror a site. Can this be regarded >> as a backup? > > Any website backup should also include the backup of any databases used > for it and any files that are above the web root. httrack looks as if > it'll work only if the website is completely static, any pages using > e.g. php will only have the output backed up by httrack and not the .php > file itself. Also it'll only back up files you tell it about or files > that are linked from other pages on your site. > > I use rsnapshot (there are plenty of similar tools) and have it > configured to make a database backup file before it runs the back-up. > Unfortunately it's not the easiest thing to configure and it does > require that you have shell access to the server (I wouldn't consider > hosting that doesn't have shell access to be honest)
That's good advice, I tend to write a simple bash script with a little mysql command-line-fu to dump the db and zip it, then send the lot using either rsync or rdiff-backup to your destination of choice based on a suitable cron schedule. Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
