Complete OpenPanel system config backup (databases/files/all settings etc,)

[nimdassdev]

For situation where Linux image/live system backup of the whole host is not always a possibility, having a OpenPanel system backup will be handy. This way, the admin user can select all the configuration data (files+dbs) that should be preserved (not only the user's created files/databases). For disaster recovery it is perhaps also an option to be considered as a possibility to create a full system backup of the already deployed software.

Alternatively, please provide a list of which files and directories should be considered to create such via automated RSync script, or more handy way via GRsync/RCloneUI etc. to S3 storages, in an encrypted way/password protected. Perhaps setting the panel to maintenance mode will disallow database queries and then the scripts to create a valid file/folder backup can be better for preventing also file corruptions.

[stefanpejcic]

Hello,

We did actually had this back before the 1.0 release: https://github.com/stefanpejcic/opencli/tree/43363aace6c99d36f9f57d4418fbd6e62fa60834/backup

I was just too lazy to rewrite the OpenAdmin pages and eventually removed the scripts

this function covers all that should be backed-up: https://github.com/stefanpejcic/opencli/blob/43363aace6c99d36f9f57d4418fbd6e62fa60834/backup/run.sh#L854

Personally, on my servers I use

• opencli server-migrate for configuration: https://github.com/stefanpejcic/opencli/blob/main/server/migrate.sh
• opencli docker-backup for user data: https://github.com/stefanpejcic/opencli/blob/main/docker/backup.sh

At the moment, I don't have the bandwidth to invest in a full backup solution. There were discussions with jetbackup about creating an OpenPanel plugin, but most of the code would still need to be written by us.. I'm not comfortable putting in a lot of work so that it would later be monetized by them..

That said, if anyone has the time to develop and maintain a solid backup solution, feel free to go ahead and reuse any code from the scripts mentioned.

[nimdassdev]

Stefan,
I will review the Shell scripts.

It looks like I will need to use RSync alike approach additionally when the app architecture gets obvious to me.

Stefan, thank you for the considerations and feedback.

[stefanpejcic]

implemented in 2.0.3 on openadmin > /backups/system