From b092ffbcbe2c9398494f7dc9db6f0796971633e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Austein Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 23:04:30 +0000 Subject: Import Cryptech wiki dump --- raw-wiki-dump/TracBackup | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 raw-wiki-dump/TracBackup (limited to 'raw-wiki-dump/TracBackup') diff --git a/raw-wiki-dump/TracBackup b/raw-wiki-dump/TracBackup new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc5172a --- /dev/null +++ b/raw-wiki-dump/TracBackup @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ += Trac Backup + +[[TracGuideToc]] + +Trac backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the database. Backups can be created using the `hotcopy` command in [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. + +'''Note''': Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers. + +== Creating a Backup + +To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment simply run: +{{{#!sh +$ trac-admin /path/to/projenv hotcopy /path/to/backupdir +}}} + +[wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] will lock the database while copying. + +The resulting backup directory is safe to handle using standard file-based backup tools like `tar` or `dump`/`restore`. + +Please note, the `hotcopy` command will not overwrite a target directory and when such exists, the operation ends with an error: `Command failed: [Errno 17] File exists:` This is discussed in [trac:ticket:3198 #3198]. + +== Restoring a Backup + +To restore an environment from a backup, stop the process running Trac, ie the Web server or [wiki:TracStandalone tracd], restore the contents of your backup (path/to/backupdir) to your [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory and restart the service. + +To restore a PostgreSQL database backup, use the command: +{{{#!sh +psql -U -d -f postgresql.dump +}}} + +The `` option is the same as the [TracEnvironment#DatabaseConnectionStrings database connection string] in the `[trac]` `database` option of //trac.ini//. + +---- +See also: TracAdmin, TracEnvironment, TracGuide, [trac:TracMigrate TracMigrate] \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3