Nextcloud-Backup-Restore
This repository contains two bash scripts for backup/restore of Nextcloud.
It is based on a Nextcloud installation using nginx and MariaDB (see the (German) tutorial Nextcloud auf Ubuntu Server mit nginx, MariaDB, PHP, Let’s Encrypt, Redis und Fail2ban).
General information
For a complete backup of any Nextcloud instance, you'll have to backup three items:
- The Nextcloud file directory (usually /var/www/nextcloud)
- The data directory of Nextcloud (it's recommended to locate this not under the web root, so e.g. /var/nextcloud_data)
- The Nextcloud database
The scripts take care of these three items to backup automatically.
Important:
- After cloning or downloading the repository, you'll have to edit the scripts so that they represent your current Nextcloud installation (directories, users, etc.).
- The scripts assume that Nextcloud's data directory is not a subdirectory of the Nextcloud installation (file directory). The general recommendation is that the data directory should not be located somewhere in the web folder of your webserver (usually /var/www/), but in a different folder (e.g. /var/nextcloud_data).
- If you do not want to save the database password in the scripts, remove the variable dbPassword and call mysql with the -p parameter (without password). When calling the scripts manually, you'll be asked for the database password.
Backup
In oder to create a backup, simplly call the script NextcloudBackup.sh on your Nextcloud machine. This will create a direcotry with the current time stamp in your main backup directory (you already edited the script so that it fits yout Nextcloud installation, haven't you): As an example, this would be /mnt/Share/NextcloudBackups/20170910_132703.
Restore
For restore, just call NextcloudRestore.sh. This script expects one parameter which is the name of the backup to be restored. In our example, this would be 20170910_132703 (the time stamp of the backup created before). So the full command for a restore would be ./NextcloudRestore.sh 20170910_132703.