Small Backup

Simple backup for database (MySQL, SQLite), active theme and CMS storages

Compatibility

• plugin in version from 2.0.0. is intended only for OctoberCMS v4 and newer
• older versions (1.x.x) will run fine only on OctoberCMS v1, v2 and v3

Installation

GitHub clone into /plugins dir:

git clone https://github.com/webula-cz/smallbackup

OctoberCMS backend (OC1)

Just look for 'Small Backup' in search field in:

Settings > Updates & Plugins > Install plugins

Permissions

Settings > Administrators

You can set permissions to restrict access in Settings > Small plugins > Small Backup.

Installation with composer

• Edit composer.json by adding new repository

  "repositories": [
  {
    "type": "vcs",
    "url": "https://github.com/webula-cz/smallbackup"
  }
  ]

• run in command line

  composer require webula/smallbackup-plugin

Settings

• Default backups folder storage/app/backup
• Default cleanup interval 7 days

You can download created backups from plugin Settings tabs Database, Theme and Storage or you can get it directly from backup folder (eg. with FTP).

It's recommended to put your backup folder into .htaccess' Black listed folders, e.g. RewriteRule ^storage/app/backup/.* index.php [L,NC].

How to make backups

Automatic backup (with scheduler)

Must be allowed in plugin's Settings!

There are default scheduler jobs for database and active theme to be backed up once a day.

See October CMS docs about scheduling jobs.

Automatic backup (without scheduler)

If you cannot run Cron command directly on your server/hosting, you can:

Use prepared URL

In plugin's backend settings page go to Settings tab and copy fixed part of the URL (which can be changed in plugin's config/config.php file) and a variable part (which can be changed here in Settings tab).

The final URL is in form: https://www.domain.com/webula/smallbackup/run/trigger-46d62cbc-5e27-4bb0-87dd-19bb0012345678

Don't forget to allow backups from external URL in plugin's settings tabs (Database, Theme, Storage).

Use custom CMS page

title = "artisan"
url = "/artisan/schedule"
is_hidden = 0
==
<?php
    function onStart()
    {
        wsb_backup_db($once = false, $connectionName = null,$noCleanup = false);
        wsb_backup_theme($once = false, $themeName = null, $noCleanup = false);
        wsb_backup_storage($once = false, $cmsStorage = null, $noCleanup = false);
    }
?>
==

Manual backup

You can create manual backup in plugin's Settings by clicking button Backup now on Database, Theme or Storage tab.

Console commands

There are console commands ready:

• php artisan smallbackup:db [connectionName] [--no-cleanup] [--once] (connectionName is optional and respect config/database.php settings)

• php artisan smallbackup:theme [themeName] [--no-cleanup] [--once] (themeName is optional and can be any folder name in themes/)

• php artisan smallbackup:storage [cmsStorage] [--no-cleanup] [--once] (cmsStorage is optional and can be any storage registered in cms.storage config)

Our thanks goes to: OctoberCMS team members and supporters for this great system. Brooke Cagle for his photo. Font Awesome for nice icons.

Created by Webula in Czech Republic.