Difference between revisions of "Wikibackup"
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== Backup of this wiki == | == Backup of this wiki == | ||
| − | === Locking the database === | + | === Locking the database === |
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| − | <pre> | + | During backup, the database will be locked using the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgReadOnly $wgReadOnly] variable in LocalSettings.php |
| − | $wgReadOnly = 'Backup operation in progress. Please wait a few minutes.'; | + | <pre>$wgReadOnly = '<b>Backup operation in progress.</b> Please wait a few minutes.'; |
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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=== mysqldump === | === mysqldump === | ||
example | example | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 14 February 2009
Backup of this wiki
Locking the database
During backup, the database will be locked using the $wgReadOnly variable in LocalSettings.php
$wgReadOnly = '<b>Backup operation in progress.</b> Please wait a few minutes.';
mysqldump
example
mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD --default-character-set=latin1 wikidb -c > /home/backup/wikidb120209.dump