Backing up ownCloud¶
To backup an ownCloud installation there are three main things you need to retain:
- The config folder
- The data folder
- The database
Backup Folders¶
Simply copy your config and data folder (or even your whole ownCloud install and data folder) to a place outside of your ownCloud environment. You could use this command:
rsync -Aax owncloud/ owncloud-dirbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`/
Backup Database¶
MySQL¶
MySQL is the recommended database engine. To backup MySQL:
mysqldump --lock-tables -h [server] -u [username] -p[password] [db_name] > owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
SQLite¶
sqlite3 data/owncloud.db .dump > owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
PostgreSQL¶
PGPASSWORD="password" pg_dump [db_name] -h [server] -U [username] -f owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak