The Dbman plugin backups/restores database WITHOUT using mysqldump(.exe).
- Geeklog-1.6.0 or newer
- PHP-5.x - 8.1
In the following descriptions,
geeklog_dir is the directory where the system db-config.php file resides admin is the directory where the administration files reside (usually, under public_html)
- Uncompress the dbman plugin archive while in the <geeklog_dir>/plugins directory. The archive will create a directory called dbman in the plugins directory. Under your admin/plugins/ directory, create a directory called dbman.
- Change to your geeklog_dir/plugins/dbman/admin directory and copy the files in the directory to the admin/plugins/dbman directory your created in step 2.
- Log in to your Geeklog as a root user, go to the plugin editor and install Dbman plugin.
- Log in to your Geeklog as a root user and uninstall the Dbman plugin from plugin editor.
- Delete the two plugin directories created in the install process: geeklog-dir/plugins/dbman and admin/plugins/dbman.