How do you guys back up Wordpress sites?

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Steve Litt

2014-03-12 17:24:39 UTC

Hi all,

How do you guys back up Wordpress sites? Do you just back
up the /var/www/blog (or whatever) and then use mysqldump to back up
the Wordpress database?

Would the preceding work on a server where you're just one of many
users (like Bluehost, etc)? If not, how do you do it there, and how do
you test the restorability of your backup?

Thanks,

SteveT

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Shasta Willson

2014-03-12 17:42:24 UTC

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I always store a backup away from the hosting account, "just in case".

BackupBuddy (not free) is an absolutely brilliant utility. It not only
makes backups automatic, including sending them to remote storage if you
have it, but it will do all of the database editing when you change a
domain (such as going from localhost development to the live server.) Worth
every single penny if you have more than a site or two to deal with, IMO. I
started looking into other products sold by the company because I'm so
rarely as impressed with the quality of software as I have been with BB.
http://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/

I'm not affiliated with BB in any way. ;-)

- Shasta

Post by Steve Litt
Hi all,
How do you guys back up Wordpress sites? Do you just back
up the /var/www/blog (or whatever) and then use mysqldump to back up
the Wordpress database?
Would the preceding work on a server where you're just one of many
users (like Bluehost, etc)? If not, how do you do it there, and how do
you test the restorability of your backup?
Thanks,
SteveT
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Thomas Belknap

2014-03-12 17:42:46 UTC

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BackupBuddy. Full stop.

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Jamie Currie

2014-03-12 20:59:37 UTC

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Totally agreed. Started using BackupBuddy a couple of years ago and it's
worth every penny. Have it sync'ing 30+ sites into Dropbox doing db
backups daily and full site backups weekly. If worst comes to worst I
can spin everything back up on a fresh server in under 30 minutes with
minimal data loss.

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BackupBuddy. Full stop.
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Hal Burgiss

2014-03-12 21:29:04 UTC

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rsync filesystem and mysqldump to different location, multiple times per
day. Code is always in a local git repo too (backed up of course).

Post by Jamie Currie
Totally agreed. Started using BackupBuddy a couple of years ago and it's
worth every penny. Have it sync'ing 30+ sites into Dropbox doing db backups
daily and full site backups weekly. If worst comes to worst I can spin
everything back up on a fresh server in under 30 minutes with minimal data
loss.
Jamie Currie
CEO www.wunderdojo.com
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Post by Steve Litt
How do you guys back up Wordpress sites? Do you just back
up the /var/www/blog (or whatever) and then use mysqldump to back up
the Wordpress database?
Would the preceding work on a server where you're just one of many
users (like Bluehost, etc)? If not, how do you do it there, and how do
you test the restorability of your backup?
Thanks,
SteveT
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Madalin Ignisca

2014-03-13 07:47:53 UTC

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mysqldump and git. it's the fastest, uses the lowest possible resources,
syncs only needed differences not all files. personal script, using gitlab.

Post by Hal Burgiss
rsync filesystem and mysqldump to different location, multiple times per
day. Code is always in a local git repo too (backed up of course).

Post by Jamie Currie
Totally agreed. Started using BackupBuddy a couple of years ago and it's
worth every penny. Have it sync'ing 30+ sites into Dropbox doing db

backups

Post by Jamie Currie
daily and full site backups weekly. If worst comes to worst I can spin
everything back up on a fresh server in under 30 minutes with minimal

data

Post by Jamie Currie
loss.
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Marcell Tisdol

2014-03-12 17:43:27 UTC

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Hey Steve,

That is one way of doing it. I usually ssh into the server, tar the
directory, log into mysql, dump the database and do what I wish with it...

Steve Litt

2014-03-12 17:48:50 UTC

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Thanks Marcell,

Do you ever do this on shared hosting where you're just another user?

Thanks,

SteveT

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On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:43:27 -0400

Post by Marcell Tisdol
Hey Steve,
That is one way of doing it. I usually ssh into the server, tar the
directory, log into mysql, dump the database and do what I wish with it...
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Steve Litt

Post by Steve Litt
Hi all,
How do you guys back up Wordpress sites? Do you just back
up the /var/www/blog (or whatever) and then use mysqldump to back up
the Wordpress database?
Would the preceding work on a server where you're just one of many
users (like Bluehost, etc)? If not, how do you do it there, and how
do you test the restorability of your backup?
Thanks,
SteveT
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Marcell Tisdol

2014-03-12 17:59:11 UTC

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Usually shared host (hostmonster, hostgator) don't allow ssh access?

the script goes along the lines of

cd {website directory}
tar -zcvf httpdocs.tar.gz {website directory}
{do what I want :) Move to Amazon s3, another server, download}

I wrote a script last summer and published it

https://github.com/marcelltisdol/StashHouse.sh

We host all of out sites on mediatemple so it's geared more towards that
crowd. However, if you modify it to your system it should work. Lemme know
:)

Post by Steve Litt
Thanks Marcell,
Do you ever do this on shared hosting where you're just another user?
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:43:27 -0400

Post by Steve Litt
Hi all,
How do you guys back up Wordpress sites? Do you just back
up the /var/www/blog (or whatever) and then use mysqldump to back up
the Wordpress database?
Would the preceding work on a server where you're just one of many
users (like Bluehost, etc)? If not, how do you do it there, and how
do you test the restorability of your backup?
Thanks,
SteveT
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Quincy Kwende

2014-03-12 18:13:44 UTC

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With shared hosts like Hostmonster you can get a dedicated IP in order to use ssh

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Post by Marcell Tisdol
Usually shared host (hostmonster, hostgator) don't allow ssh access?
the script goes along the lines of
cd {website directory}
tar -zcvf httpdocs.tar.gz {website directory}
{do what I want :) Move to Amazon s3, another server, download}
I wrote a script last summer and published it
https://github.com/marcelltisdol/StashHouse.sh
We host all of out sites on mediatemple so it's geared more towards that
crowd. However, if you modify it to your system it should work. Lemme know
:)

Post by Steve Litt
Hi all,
How do you guys back up Wordpress sites? Do you just back
up the /var/www/blog (or whatever) and then use mysqldump to back up
the Wordpress database?
Would the preceding work on a server where you're just one of many
users (like Bluehost, etc)? If not, how do you do it there, and how
do you test the restorability of your backup?
Thanks,
SteveT
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