Difference between revisions of "Wikibackup"
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| − | == Backup of this wiki == | + | *Backup of /usr/local/www/mediawiki and /usr/local/etc/apache directories nessesary |
| + | *Backup of Mysql database | ||
| + | *backup of SphinxSearch engine setup (cron etc) | ||
| + | == Backup of this wiki database == | ||
=== Locking the database === | === Locking the database === | ||
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mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD --default-character-set=latin1 wikidb -c > /home/backup/wikidb120209.dump | mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD --default-character-set=latin1 wikidb -c > /home/backup/wikidb120209.dump | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| + | [[category:Database]][[category:mediawiki]] | ||
| + | == Restore of this wiki == | ||
| + | === Locking the database === | ||
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| + | During restore, the database will be locked using the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgReadOnly $wgReadOnly] variable in LocalSettings.php | ||
| + | <pre>$wgReadOnly = '<b>Backup operation in progress.</b> Please wait a few minutes.'; | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | === Restoring the database === | ||
| + | Consider dropping the database from mysql before restoring it | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | mysql -u USER -pPASSWORD DATABASENAME < mysql.dump | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | [[category:Mysql]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 4 June 2009
- Backup of /usr/local/www/mediawiki and /usr/local/etc/apache directories nessesary
- Backup of Mysql database
- backup of SphinxSearch engine setup (cron etc)
Contents
Backup of this wiki database
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
Restore of this wiki
Locking the database
During restore, the database will be locked using the $wgReadOnly variable in LocalSettings.php
$wgReadOnly = '<b>Backup operation in progress.</b> Please wait a few minutes.';
Restoring the database
Consider dropping the database from mysql before restoring it
mysql -u USER -pPASSWORD DATABASENAME < mysql.dump