EEH Wiki Backup Scripts

Backup the EEH Wiki to an Azure Filestore

Backs up

• All wiki files
• Database
• Wiki in XML Format

Requires

• mariadb-backup (comes preinstalled with MariaDB)
• (azure cli)[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=apt]

Notes

• disables write access to wiki whilst backup occuring

Installation

1. Install azure-cli: apt-get install azure-cli -y
2. Clone repo to /opt/backup: git clone git@github.com:eehackspace/eeh-wiki-backups.git /opt/backup
3. Rename secrets.inc.example to secrets.inc mv secrets.inc.example secrets.inc
4. Add the Azure storage credtentials to secrets.inc
5. Install cronjob: cp /opt/backup/cron/eeh-wiki-backup-cron /etc/cron.d/
6. Configure mediawiki, add the following lines to /opt/bitnami/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php

   # EEH Backup Settings
   #$wgReadOnly = 'Daily Backup In Progress. Access will be restored shortly.';
   

7. Finish