[dokuwiki] Re: What about backup?

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If you have shell (or similar) access to your host, I think backup is a
no-brainer:  Just back up the entire directory using your favorite tool
(e.g. rsync, an actual backup software like backula, or similar).  If
your config isn't that interesting (i.e. relatively few plugins, fixed
user list), you might even be able to get away with just data/ and/or
conf/.  You could also just check the whole thing into your own source
control server (cvs, svn, etc.).

Recovering DW has, in my experience, not been all that hard (though I've
only had to do it twice).

Plugins like these mostly buy you solace when you don't have shell
access to the host (but then you should probably be using a sandbox host
anyway, so your backup would be there).

- --bj

Uwe Koloska wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> looking for a backup solution for my dokuwiki installations I found two 
> plugins and got a question:
> 
> BackupTool for dokuwiki
> http://tatewake.com/wiki/projects:backuptool_for_dokuwiki
> - uses shell_exec() for system packer tools
> - has a nice configuration GUI
> - saves into the media folder (publicly available)
> - some problems with current dokuwiki
> - the author promises an update soon
> 
> Doku Zip Backup
> http://wiki.pilsch.com/zip.html
> - uses a php-only zip implementation from PEAR
> - built-in rules for the saved data
> - creates the zip-archive for direct download
> - restores the wiki from an archive
> - stalled development (last version from 2006-06-01)
> 
> Both plugins have some problems with the current dokuwiki version, but I have 
> fixed them both to get some experience with them.
> 
> Question: What do you use for backing up your wiki? Is there no need for a 
> decent backup plugin?  Or is there a best-practice that can be used on a 
> normal webhost?
> 
> If there is a need for such a plugin, from my POV it should have the 
> following 
> features:
> 
> don't use shell_exec() -- the only alternative I know of (I'm no PHP 
> developer) is the PEAR package File_Archive.
> 
> configure what has to be backed up with configuration collections (all, only 
> changed since ..., media only, etc.)
> 
> REST-interface
> 
> cron-driven backup
> 
> encrypt the archive
> 
> save to different server (S3 anyone?)
> 
> send the archive by mail
> 
> 
> Any other ideas?
> Uwe

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