Have you been backing up your current ownCloud instance? If not, perhaps it's time? Think of all that time spent doing the setup and all that important data now stored in your ownCloud. Do you '''''really''''' want to take a chance losing the ownCloud configuration and all that stored data? Don't make it a "round to it" make it a "'''do it'''".

image =oc_tip.png|

heading =ownCloud Tip!|

<!--ownCloud Tip ends-->

=== Key Directories ===

|- valign="top"

| border="0" | [[File:Oc_backup_files_1c_v3.png |left]]

<br/>

The "daily.0" is created by the rsnapshot application to store "snapshot-like" backups. This particular directory name is typical of the doing a "daily" backup with rsnapshot. The directories "daily.x" and "daily.y" are just pseudo names where each value of x and y are normally numbers indicating later version numbers of rnsapshot backup sets. If rsnapshot daily backups are set for a 7 day retention the numbering would be 0 to 6, where daily.0 is the most recent backup set and 6 the latest set.

* Create the "backups" directory and set permissions/ownership.

* Move to the "/etc" directory.

* Make a backup copy of the rsnapshot configuration file. Why? So that there is a reference just in case.

* Now using a favourite editor, open the "rnapshot.conf" file.

<br/>

* Find the "SNAPSHOT ROOT DIRECTORY" section and change "snapshot_root" to path where the backups will be stored.

* Find the "BACKUP INTERVALS" section and change the line items. What does this all mean? The "#" character at the beginning of each line means the configuration line item will not be enabled. The "#" is know to set a line to be a "comment" line. The "interval daily" line will be active and 7 days of backups will be kept.

#interval weekly 4

#interval monthly 1

* Find the "logfile" line and change the line item. The rsnapshot log file will be kept under the "backups" directory.

* Find the "BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS" section. Add changes as seen below. This is the section that defines the "key directories" source that will be backed up. See the "owncloud/" at the end of each line? Remember the previous "green" server folder? This is where the ownCloud binaries and physical files will be stored.

* Save the "rsnapshot.conf" file and return to the command-line prompt.

* Copy database backup script to the "/usr/local/bin/".

* Go to the "/usr/local/bin/" directory and set the script file permissions and ownership.

* Edit the "backup_mysql.sh" file.

* Find the line "backup the database" and add the line has shown below. This will be the command that will be issued to do the database backup. The database dump file will be called "owncloud_db.sql".

* Find the line "# make the backup readable only by root" and add the line shown below.

* Save the "backup_mysql.sh" file and return to the command-line prompt.

* There rsnapshot is configured to backup ownCloud.

=== Test ===

* Enter the following on the command-line to initiate the test.

* When the test completes the following should be displayed:

* If an error occurs the rsnapshot configuration file will need to be checked.

=== Backup ===

* The following command-line entry will perform the backup:

* The first time that rsnapshot runs could take sometime, each subsequent run should be quicker (depending on data changes).

* The following directories are created over time under the "backups" directory:

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 14 01:30 daily.1

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 13 01:30 daily.2

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 10 01:30 daily.5

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 9 01:30 daily.6

* As mentioned before, notice that the "daily.0" directory is the most recent backup version.

* Go to the Amahi Dashboard, Apps => Installed make sure that ownCloud is uninstalled.

* If ownCloud is still installed, uninstall the current ownCloud instance. This will remove the ownCloud binaries and ownCloud database.

=== Automate ===

<br>