Shaarli backup

Official documentation

From the official documentation.

Shaarli stores all user data under the data directory:

• data/config.php - main configuration file
• data/datastore.php - bookmarked links
• data/ipbans.php - banned IP addresses
• data/updates.txt - contains all automatic update to the configuration and datastore files already run

See Shaarli configuration for more information about Shaarli resources.

It is recommended to backup this repository before starting updating/upgrading Shaarli:

• users with SSH access: copy or archive the directory to a temporary location
• users with FTP access: download a local copy of your Shaarli installation using your favourite client

Creating a cron job

If you haven’t already you might want to follow the post Automate backups with a Raspberry Pi where we create a user backupuser in a chroot jail.

The cron job is simple, we just need to copy in /home/backupuser :

• the data directory
• the version.php file

First we login as root since the cron job will be run by the root user.

sudo su

Then we edit the crontab with crontab -e:

# Shaarli backup
10 23 * * * DATE=$(date +'\%Y-\%m-\%d-\%H\%M'); tar -zcf /home/backupuser/backup/shaarli/${DATE}_backup_shaarli.tar.gz /var/www/shaarli.myServer.com/data

We also add a command to remove old backups regularly:

# Shaarli cleanup
0 11 * * * BDIR=/home/backupuser/backup/shaarli; LAST=$(find ${BDIR} -type f -printf '\%f\n' | sort -nr | head -1); find ${BDIR} ! -name "${LAST}" -type f -exec rm -f {} +