#!/bin/bash # # Bash script for creating backups of Nextcloud. # Usage: ./NextcloudBackup.sh # # The script is based on an installation of Nextcloud using nginx and MariaDB, see https://decatec.de/home-server/nextcloud-auf-ubuntu-server-mit-nginx-mariadb-php-lets-encrypt-redis-und-fail2ban/ # # # IMPORTANT # You have to customize this script (directories, users, etc.) for your actual environment. # All entries which need to be customized are tagged with "TODO". # # Variables currentDate=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S") # TODO: The directory where you store the Nextcloud backups backupMainDir="/mnt/Share/NextcloudBackups/" # The actual directory of the current backup - this is is subdirectory of the main directory above with a timestamp backupdir="${backupMainDir}/${currentDate}/" # TODO: The directory of your Nextcloud installation (this is a directory under your web root) nextcloudFileDir="/var/www/nextcloud" # TODO: The directory of your Nextcloud data directory (outside the Nextcloud file directory) # If your data directory is located under Nextcloud's file directory (somewhere in the web root), the data directory should not be a separate part of the backup nextcloudDataDir="/var/nextcloud_data" # TODO: Your Nextcloud database name nextcloudDatabase="nextcloud_db" # TODO: Your Nextcloud database user dbUser="nextcloud_db_user" # TODO: The password of the Nextcloud database user dbPassword="mYpAsSw0rd" # TODO: Your webserver user webserverUser="www-data" # File names for backup files # If you prefer other file names, you'll also have to change the NextcloudRestore.sh script. fileNameBackupFileDir="nextcloud-filedir.tar.gz" fileNameBackupDataDir="nextcloud-datadir.tar.gz" fileNameBackupDb="nextcloud-db.sql" # Function for error messages errorecho() { cat <<< "$@" 1>&2; } # # Check for root # if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ] then errorecho "ERROR: This script has to be run as root!" exit 1 fi # # Check if backup dir already exists # if [ ! -d "${backupdir}" ] then mkdir -p "${backupdir}" else errorecho "ERROR: The backup directory ${backupdir} already exists!" exit 1 fi # # Set maintenance mode # echo "Set maintenance mode for Nextcloud..." cd "${nextcloudFileDir}" sudo -u "${webserverUser}" php occ maintenance:mode --on cd ~ echo "Done" # # Stop webserver # echo "Stopping nginx..." service nginx stop echo "Done" # # Backup file and data directory # echo "Creating backup of Nextcloud file directory..." tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupFileDir}" -C "${nextcloudFileDir}" . echo "Done" echo "Creating backup of Nextcloud data directory..." tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupDataDir}" -C "${nextcloudDataDir}" . echo "Done" # # Backup DB # echo "Backup Nextcloud database..." mysqldump --single-transaction -h localhost -u "${dbUser}" -p"${dbPassword}" "${nextcloudDatabase}" > "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupDb}" echo "Done" # # Start webserver # service nginx start # # Disable maintenance mode # cd "${nextcloudFileDir}" sudo -u "${webserverUser}" php occ maintenance:mode --off cd ~ echo "DONE!" echo "Backup created: ${backupdir}"