Pleroma Remote Backup
Script to save a Pleroma instance remotely
Optional: Enter the SSH key only once in the current session so that the script does not prompt for every SSH command:
ssh-add
Save the Pleroma configuration. This contains the keys that authenticate the Pleroma instance to the outside world. Also the password for accessing the Postgres database is listed there.
scp server:/etc/pleroma/config.* .
Postgres Database Remote Backup
Once on the Pleroma server make the database accessible without password: vi /root/.pgpass:
localhost:5432:pleroma:pleroma:password
Remotely save the database:
ssh root@server "pg_dump -h localhost -U pleroma pleroma -C" > pleroma.dump
Complete Backup-Script
Here again everything summarized as a script and somewhat refined. The directory for the backups can of course be customized:
#!/bin/bash
server="your_pleroma_server_name_here"
ssh-add
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]
then
echo "aborted"
exit 255
fi
today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
backupdir=~/Backup/Pleroma/$today
mkdir -p $backupdir
cd $backupdir
scp $server:/etc/pleroma/config.* .
ssh root@$server "pg_dump -h localhost -U pleroma pleroma -C" > pleroma.dump
cd ..
zip -r $today.zip $today
rm -rf $today