Difference between revisions of "Wikibackup"

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)

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.';

example

mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD --default-character-set=latin1 wikidb -c > /home/backup/wikidb120209.dump

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.';

Consider dropping the database from mysql before restoring it

mysql -u USER -pPASSWORD DATABASENAME <  mysql.dump

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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  ===
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 </pre>
 [[category:Database]][[category:mediawiki]]
+== Restore of this wiki ==
+=== Locking the database  ===
+During restore, the database will be locked using the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgReadOnly $wgReadOnly] variable in LocalSettings.php
+<pre>$wgReadOnly = '&lt;b&gt;Backup operation in progress.&lt;/b&gt; 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>