Cloudbox Backup and Restore Scheduling

This page will assist you in scheduling Cloudbox backups to run periodically. This is set via Cron.

There are 2 ways to set this up:

1. Have Cloudbox set it up for you, or

2. Create a Cron task, manually.

Scheduling Backup via Cloudbox

1. Make sure settings are filled out, see the here.

2. Set the schedule:

   1. Go into your Cloudbox folder.

      cd ~/cloudbox

   2. Run the backup command.

      sudo ansible-playbook cloudbox.yml --tags set-backup

Scheduling Backup Manually via Cron

1. Edit the crontab for the user.

   crontab -e

2. To add in your cron task, add the following after your desired cron schedule (replace seed with your user name):

   sudo PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin' env ANSIBLE_CONFIG='/home/seed/cloudbox/ansible.cfg' '/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook' '/home/seed/cloudbox/cloudbox.yml' --tags settings >> '/home/seed/logs/cloudbox_backup.log' 2>&1; sudo PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin' env ANSIBLE_CONFIG='/home/seed/cloudbox/ansible.cfg' '/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook' '/home/seed/cloudbox/backup.yml' --tags backup >> '/home/seed/logs/cloudbox_backup.log' 2>&1
   

   Note: If you modify the one that Ansible creates automatically, you must remove/replace the comment header: (#Ansible: Cloudbox Backup), or else Ansible will keep resetting it.

3. Examples:

   • Weekly (At Midnight Every Sunday):

     @weekly sudo PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin' env ANSIBLE_CONFIG='/home/seed/cloudbox/ansible.cfg' '/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook' '/home/seed/cloudbox/cloudbox.yml' --tags settings >> '/home/seed/logs/cloudbox_backup.log' 2>&1; sudo PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin' env ANSIBLE_CONFIG='/home/seed/cloudbox/ansible.cfg' '/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook' '/home/seed/cloudbox/backup.yml' --tags backup >> '/home/seed/logs/cloudbox_backup.log' 2>&1
     

   • At 6:00 AM Every Morning:

     0 6 * * * sudo PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin' env ANSIBLE_CONFIG='/home/seed/cloudbox/ansible.cfg' '/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook' '/home/seed/cloudbox/cloudbox.yml' --tags settings >> '/home/seed/logs/cloudbox_backup.log' 2>&1; sudo PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin' env ANSIBLE_CONFIG='/home/seed/cloudbox/ansible.cfg' '/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook' '/home/seed/cloudbox/backup.yml' --tags backup >> '/home/seed/logs/cloudbox_backup.log' 2>&1
     

   • For more scheduling examples, visit https://crontab.guru/.