From Luke Jackson

Windows

Linux

Cron

Simply copy one of the scripts below into a file in the /etc/cron.weekly directory.

Named (Bind), Apache, MySQL, Postfix, WWW Data

Below is a simple backup script which saves the configuration files for the following applications:

• Named (Bind)
• Apache
• MySQL
• Postfix

Note: It is assumed that the default install paths have been used and all web contend has a base of /www

Shell Script

#! /bin/sh

TODAY=`date +%m_%d_%Y`
SERVER=domain.ext

cd /home/juser/backups/

### Backup Apache Config ###
tar zcvf $SERVER.httpd.tar.gz /etc/httpd/ >>/dev/null

echo "Completed Apache Config Backup on $SERVER for $TODAY......"

#### Backup Named Config ####
tar zcvf $SERVER.named.tar.gz /var/named/ >>/dev/null

echo "Completed Named Config Backup on $SERVER for $TODAY......"

#### Backup Postfix Config ####
tar zcvf $SERVER.postfix.tar.gz /etc/postfix/ >>/dev/null

echo "Completed Postfix Config Backup on $SERVER for $TODAY......"

### Backup MySQL Server ###
mysqldump --user=mysqlbackup --password=backup --all-databases | gzip -c > $SERVER.sql.gz

echo "Completed MySQL Server Backup on $SERVER for $TODAY......"

### Backup Data ###
tar zcvf $SERVER.server.tar.gz /www/ >>/dev/null

echo "Completed Data Backup on $SERVER for $TODAY....."