Back up Cms

[Panzer]

Hi all
I started using cms in July last yeah but to my shame gave up using it due to the fact that I did not understand databases and how to back them up I tried many times and just got errors I have completed hundred or so pages for my site.

I am Hosted with 1&1
Database Version MySQL5.0
CMS Version 1.1

I have spent many hours in the past reading the forum but was unable to find a clear guide which i could understand
can anyone help with a simple step by step idiots guide

if i need to suppy anymore information then place tell me

[blast2007]

I am Hosted with 1&1
Database Version MySQL5.0
CMS Version 1.1

Hi Panzer,
create a backup of your CMSMS site is very easy. Full backup process include two operations:

1) Backup your mysql DB
You can install a CMSMS module (Mysqlbackup) or you can use, if your hosting system provides, your admin panel probably with phpmyadmin.

2) Backup your files
Use your FTP or your  panel again and save all modified directory
Note: if your provider support "tar" command you can use FileBackup module.

And backup is done
Regards
blast

[Nullig]

One note - you should clear the cache in Admin, so you're not copying all of the cache as well (it can get quite large).

Nullig

[Panzer]

Hi thank you for your replys  this is what I did


I logged in to my 1 & 1 Account and went to MySQL Administration then to
phpmyadmin .

on the left-hand side is my database containing 79 files

I doubled clicked the database name  and was taken to

View dump (schema) of database

Export

On the left-hand side were all 79 files
With the option to select all which I did

SQL   (**** this box was already ticked****)
LaTeX   
Microsoft Excel 2000 
Microsoft Word 2000 
CSV for MS Excel   
CSV   
XML

On the right hand side  the options were

SQL options 
Add custom comment into header (\n splits lines):
Enclose export in a transaction
Disable foreign key checks

Structure: (****this box was already ticked****)
    Add DROP TABLE
    Add IF NOT EXISTS
    Add AUTO_INCREMENT value (****this box was already ticked*****)
    Enclose table and field names with backquotes  (****this box was already ticked*****)
    Add into comments
        Creation/Update/Check dates
SQL export compatibility:  NONE ANSI DB2 MAXDB MYSQL323 MYSQL40 MSSQL ORACLE POSTGRESQL TRADITIONAL   
Data: (****this box was already ticked*****)
    Complete inserts
    Extended inserts
    Use delayed inserts
    Use ignore inserts
    Use hexadecimal for binary fields (****this box was already ticked*****)
Export type:  INSERT UPDATE REPLACE 

Save as file (****I ticked this one*****)
File name template:  __DB__  ( remember template )*
Compression
None   
"zipped"   (****I ticked this one*****)
"gzipped"   
"bzipped"

ok I now have my back up database well I think I do the 79 files have turned into 1 txt file ok  I try to test my database backup by uploading it and I get this error

Error
SQL query:

-- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
-- version 2.6.4-pl3
-- http://www.phpmyadmin.net
--
-- Host: db1032.oneandone.co.uk
-- Generation Time: Feb 27, 2008 at 05:14 AM
-- Server version: 5.0.45
-- PHP Version: 4.3.10-200.schlund.1
--
-- Database: `db212607008`
--
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `cms_additional_htmlblob_users`
--
CREATE TABLE `cms_additional_htmlblob_users` (

`additional_htmlblob_users_id` int( 11 ) NOT NULL ,
`user_id` int( 11 ) default NULL ,
`htmlblob_id` int( 11 ) default NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY ( `additional_htmlblob_users_id` )
) ENGINE = MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET = latin1 COLLATE = latin1_german2_ci
MySQL said: 

#1050 - Table 'cms_additional_htmlblob_users' already exists

Sorry for being a pain when you know how to do it i bet its simple
Thanks in avance

Andy

[blast2007]

Try with MysqlDump Module. It's easier.
Regards
blast

[Panzer]

Hi there
          I am really not having much look tried to install MysqlDump Module. To be able to back up the site is such an important aspect of running a website it seems to me that I must be doing something really stupid.
should I delete the site and start again with the latest version of CMS
Will I be able to back that up



Module Manager Help |  Community Help (new window)
Error!
Checksum error. This probably indicates a corrupt file, either when it was uploaded to the repository, or a problem in transit down to your machine.

expected: 57b8a458f98a60bbc2f5e7925588fd05 and got 703762acd6fd272df377bc3d8e305541

tried to uninstall but its not there


Andy

[blast2007]

Error!
Checksum error. This probably indicates a corrupt file, either when it was uploaded to the repository, or a problem in transit down to your machine.
expected: 57b8a458f98a60bbc2f5e7925588fd05 and got 703762acd6fd272df377bc3d8e305541

Dowload XML file from the Forge and use upload XML function in Module Section of CMSMS.

Regards
blast

[Panzer]

Hi Blast
         That seems to have done the trick thank you very much does MysqlDump Module work with the latest version of CMS im going to start up dating in the next couple of days 

Also can you recommended anyone who can make me a template for the latest version CMS and a banner ill pay for the service

Thanks

Andy

[lollipop27]

Hi,

you should have checked one more option, when exporting the database...



    Add DROP TABLE



then the error 'this table aready exists' would have been able to handle....




... I can do templates too..... write me a PM.

[essexboyracer]

Hi all,

Got interested in this thread because of the 1and1 Plesk hosting, though professionally i use cPanel. Have been working on a cron job 4 cpanel that will mysqldump --all-databases, gzip em then cp the home directory (your CMSMS install) and .tgz that. And as a grand finale (like it should be that hard) download it to a local XP machine with filezilla on a schedule

Will post it next week if any one is interested...

[ukmgranger]

Sounds great!  I would be very interested in this.  If it could also download all files related to the cmsms site too, I would be your biggest fan!!

[essexboyracer]

Try this, you WILL need to test it first and of course enter paths correctly and usernames/passwords etc. I'm not sure its perfect as I'm not using it at the moment so if anyone can see problems please update

1. Enter the below as one line as the cron command to run, changing usenrames and paths as appropriate

date=`date -I` ; mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD ––all-databases > /home/username/public_html/backups/xbackup_$date.sql ; gzip /home/username/public_html/backups/xbackup_$date.sql; cp -dpr /home/username/public_html/ /home/username/public_html/backups ; tar -cvzf /home/username/public_html/backups/backup.tgz /home/username/public_html/backups/

1. Run the above cron command at 1am each night, it will back up database and public_html directory in to a .tgz file

2. Set filezilla.exe on a scheduled job to run the next morning at 9am to download the tgz above to a local windows PC. I setup a ftp account in cPanel specifically for downloading backups from a specific directory on the server

filezilla.exe -close -overwrite -d filezilla.exe [://]:@/backup.tgz "D:\backups"

(taken from: http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Comma ... _arguments)

3. Leave some time for filezilla to run, then remove the tgz from the server using cron, so give it 4 hours or something.

4. Keep the filename the same so it overwrites, then at the end of each month you could cron a unique backup.

date=`date -I` ; mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD ––all-databases > /home/username/public_html/backups/xbackup_$date.sql ; gzip /home/username/public_html/backups/xbackup_$date.sql; cp -dpr /home/username/public_html/ /home/username/public_html/backups ; tar -cvzf /home/username/public_html/backups/backup_$date.tgz /home/username/public_html/backups/

Notice insert of $date into the tgz filename at the end of the line

Good Luck!

[blast2007]

/home/username/public_html/backups/

This dir should not be accessible to web users (eg. www.mysite.com/backups) but only by FTP client.

Unfortunately  FTP sends passwords in clear.

IMHO this kind of backup procedure could compromise your CMSMS security.
It can be used inside your intranet (if you trust your intranet users )

Regards
blast

[essexboyracer]

Good points blast, i think filezilla can use sFTP or similar, anyone any ideas on amending the above to work securely?

[essexboyracer]

what about encrypting the tar archive? I did a quick search and found this

tar -c directory | mcrypt -k password > file

cat file | mdecrypt -k | tar -x (im guessing this is the decrypt command)

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=29290

I spose it would depend on having the mcrypt package installed on the shared host