Latest updated documentation: https://github.com/panakour/oc-backup-plugin/blob/master/README.md

Usage

1. To configure the backup system navigate to the Settings > System > Backup.
2. You can navigate to the backup section from the top main menu. From there you can create and download your backups.

Dumping the database

mysqldump and pg_dump are used to dump the database. If they are not installed in a default location, you can add a key named dump.dump_binary_path in October's own database.php config file. Only fill in the path to the binary. Do not include the name of the binary itself.

If your database dump takes a long time, you might exceed the default timeout of 60 seconds. You can set a higher (or lower) limit by providing a dump.timeout config key which specifies, in seconds, how long the command may run.

Here's an example for MySQL:

//config/database.php
'connections' => [
    'mysql' => [
        'driver'    => 'mysql'
        ...,
        'dump' => [
           'dump_binary_path' => '/path/to/the/binary', // only the path, so without `mysqldump` or `pg_dump`
           'use_single_transaction',
           'timeout' => 60 * 5, // 5 minute timeout
           'exclude_tables' => ['table1', 'table2'],
           'add_extra_option' => '--optionname=optionvalue', 
        ]  
    ],

Also you can create backups from the command line using Artisan.