adapt-authoring-backup

Bash script to automate the backup of adapt authoring tool applications

Can backup to Amazon S3 buckets

Requirements

Amazon AWS CLI - must be installed and configured for your S3 account. Setup instructions here.

Setup

Parameters:

Name	Description
MONGO_DATABASE	Name of the mongo database you want to back up
APP_NAME	Name of the Adapt authoring tool application you want to back up
MONGO_HOST	FQDN or IP address for your mongo host
MONGO_PORT	Mongo port (default is 27017)
APP_DIR	Full path to your application directory
BACKUPS_DIR	Full path to your backup directory
S3_BUCKET	Name of the Amazon S3 bucket

Folder setup:

You will need to have already created the folder entered in BACKUPS_DIR and given write privileges to the account that will be used for the cron task.

Amazon CLI setup:

AWS CLI must be installed. Install and setup instructions can be found here. The AWS key and secret must be entered in the AWS CLI configuration.

Configuring a cron job:

Future developments

1. Set expiry date for backup, remove backups from S3 older than dd/mm/yyyy.
2. Backup an array of mongo DB's and applications.
3. Write backup log file.