Backup on Wingate365

Migrate Mediawiki installation

Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:11:00 +0000

Old server

backup existing database - mysql dump

copy files folder frp, public_html

New Server

create new database, with same name/username

restore into new database - mysql -u username -p new_database < data-dump.sql source

copy files to public_html

edit LocalSettings.php: $wgServer - update to new URL

Life Keeper Install Notes

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:31:00 +0000

Install SQL

SQL install on C:<br /> Data on E:<br /> Logs on F:<br />
Restore db, add logins

IIS, export the metabase to other nodes, don’t use shared config
Ensure admin password is the same on all nodes

Ensure ASP.NET v4 installed (not 4.5)

Cloud Backup on QNAP NAS

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:26:00 +0000

After finding Symform a bit too slow for my needs I decided to move to Amazon S3 to give them a go and also to try out some more simple scripting.

QNAP does have a web interface for backing up to S3, but it is a bit buggy and did not work for me. Looking in the forums people complain of issues with files that are too big or trying to copy too many files. Anyhow this is where s3cmd comes in.

Written in python s3cmd is a command line tool that can be used to upload / sync files to S3.

Installing this tool on a QNAP is covered by

http://bit.ly/Zuuhou summarised by natebeaty, http://bit.ly/Z2Lzch

1. Install Python from the QNAP admin QPKG Center

2. Download latest s3cmd and transfer to a QNAP share directory

3. SSH in to your QNAP box

4. python s3cmd --configure

5. write shell scripts, add to crontab, etc

The original guide mentions that the config file is deleted on reboot, so need to check that out

scrip file; with your backup its important to know the system is working and your files are being backed up. So a log file is essential, and why not have this notified by email as well. all this can be achieved with scripts.