Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracBackup


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Dec 6, 2007, 4:45:01 PM (16 years ago)
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     1= Trac Backup =
     2[[TracGuideToc]]
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     4Since Trac uses a database backend, some extra care is required to safely create a backup of a [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment]. Luckily, [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] has a command to make backups easier: `hotcopy`.
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     6  ''Note: Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers.''
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     8== Creating a Backup ==
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     10To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment, simply run:
     11{{{
     12  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv hotcopy /path/to/backupdir
     13}}}
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     15[wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] will lock the database while copying.''
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     17The resulting backup directory is safe to handle using standard file-based backup tools like `tar` or `dump`/`restore`.
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     19=== Restoring a Backup ===
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     21Backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the SQLite database.
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     23To restore an environment from a backup, simply stop the process running Trac (i.e. the Web server or [wiki:TracStandalone tracd]), restore the directory structure from the backup and restart the service.
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     25  ''Note: Automatic backup of environments that don't use SQLite as database backend is not supported at this time. As a workaround, we recommend that you stop the server, copy the environment directory, and make a backup of the database using whatever mechanism is provided by the database system.''
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     28See also: TracAdmin, TracEnvironment, TracGuide