backupacct

Generate Backup Of Hosting Account

This tool will help you to create a complete backup of eenos hosting account. This backup can be use to restore on another eenos server.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/backupacct

Command Options:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/backupacct
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usage: backupacct [options] user 

Create backup of eenos hosting account. By Default create compressed backup

Required:
  user               Eenos user name to backup

Option(s):
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --workdir WORKDIR  The directory to put the package
  --compressed       Compress backup into gzipped tar file (tar.gz)
  --archived         Archive backup into tar file (.tar)
  --nocompress       Neither compressed nor archived backup
  --skiphomedir      Exclude home directory backup
  --skipmysql        Exclude MySQL database backups
  --skippgsql        Exclude PgSQL database backups
  --skipmongodb      Skip Mongodb database backups
  --skipmailman      Exclude Mailman3 mailing list backups
  --skipemail        Exclude email accounts
  --skipbwdata       Exclude bandwidth usage
  --skipdiskusage    Exclude disk usage
  --skippublichtml   Exclude public_html folder
  --log              Enable unique backup log

Create Backup

To create backup of eenos hosting account use the following command

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/backupacct [options] <eenos user>

Example : Create backup of eenos hosting account with user name foo

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/backupacct foo

You can generate backups in three different formats

Compressed Backups
Archived Backup
no compressed Backups

Compressed Backups

This is the default backup option. This will create a compressed gzip tar file as backup file. The backup file will be ending with .tar.gz format

Archived Backup

The backups will be created as a tar file without any compression . The backup file end with extension .tar format

Non Compressed ( Plain , Incremental , Folder Based )

This a backup without any type of compression or archiving . The backup name will be folder name which contains all backup files required to migrate or transfer the account.

Backup Options

You can include a number of options to the backup tool for generating the desired type of backup. The default backup option is a compressed backup with full hosting account data. It is suitable for transferring hosting accounts.

The backup options are explained below

--workdir

Use this options place the generated backup file into a specific folder on your server.

Example : To backup the eenos user foo

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/backupacct --workdir foo

--compressed

To create a compressed backups, This is the default backup option

Example : To backup the eenos user foo

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/backupacct --compressed foo

--archived

To create an archived backups

--nocompress

To create a backup without any compressions or archive format. The backups will be kept inside a folder

--skiphomedir

Skip copying home folder of the eenos user account.

--skipmysql

Exclude mysql database backups of the given user.

--skippgsql

Exclude the PostgreSQL database backups of the user

--skipmongodb

Exclude the mongodb databases and users of the user. Don't copy mongodb's

--skipmailman

This is a future options version. Mailman3 backup and restoration is not supported yet

--skipemail

Skip email account backups .

--skipbwdata

Skip collecting bandwidth usage history of the eenos user

--skipdiskusage

Skip backup of disk usage history of the hosting account

--skippublichtml

Exclude the folder public_html , the main document root of the account .