Explain how to backup a server

[clochix]

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[Phyks]

👍 for this. I think the command lines used in cozy_management should be documented somewhere as well, maybe in the "step by step" installation guide?

[clochix]

@aeris would you mind writing some lines on how we backup and restore servers? We could put them inside our internal documentation and in our public FAQ.

[jsilvestre]

What is the specific need? A simple doc about how to use the CLI commands or a more detailed one?

[clochix]

We could probably add a section « how to backup and restore your server » to https://docs.cozy.io/en/host/manage.html and describe the few commands to use.

[millisami]

@clochix But it uses the cozy-monitor? They are 2 different cli(s), right? So, which to use when?

[clochix]

Hello @millisami,

For the difference between the two cli, please refer to my answer on the forum.

To backup your server, use cozy_management backup. It will create a backup of your data inside /var/lib/cozy/backups.
To restore your server from an archive, you can use cozy_management restore <backup_filename> && cozy-monitor reinstall-missing-app. The first command will restore the data, the second will reinstall all your applications.

cozy-monitor backup and cozy-monitor reverse-backup are deprecated. They only replicate the database to another server. This implies having another CouchDB server running.