Backup your WordPress database and site to Amazon S3
Author: Justin Britten [justin at compulsivoco dot com]
Copyright: 2009 Compulsivo, Inc.
License: MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
USAGE
$ rake -f wordpress.rake -T
rake wordpress:backup # Backup both the WordPress database and site
rake wordpress:backup:db # Backup the WordPress database to S3
rake wordpress:backup:site # Backup the WordPress site to S3
rake wordpress:manage:list # List all your backups
rake wordpress:manage:cleanup # Remove all but the last 10 most recent backups
# (optionally specify KEEP=5 to keep the last 5)
rake wordpress:retrieve # Retrieve the latest WordPress database and site backup from S3
# (optionally specify VERSION=file_name)
rake wordpress:retrieve:db # Retrieve the latest WordPress database backup from S3
# (optionally specify VERSION=file_name)
rake wordpress:retrieve:site # Retrieve the latest WordPress site backup from S3
# (optionally specify VERSION=file_name)
PREREQUISITES
1. You'll need to install the aws-s3 gem.
$ sudo gem install aws-s3
2. Specify your database credentials, site path, and Amazon S3 access keys by editing the Rake script.
AUTOMATION
Put this in your crontab to run nightly backups at 3am:
0 3 * * * rake -f /PATH/TO/wordpress.rake wordpress:backup
