p4backup

A small backup script for perforce instances which does not require p4api nor p4dctl.

Supports checkpointing, verifying checkpoints, and archiving the whole depot.

usage: p4backup.py [-h] [-v] [-c] [-b]

optional arguments:

-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verify Runs p4 verify
-c, --checkpoint Runs p4 checkpoint
-b, --backup Runs full backup

Configuration

Edit config.json before running the script:

p4port: the Perforce server url to connect to, e.g. ssl:localhost:1666 if you're using SSL.
p4user: any user that has admin permissions/operator role
p4password: matching password
p4root: root folder of the p4 server
p4d: server executable
p4backupdir: directory to where all the backups, checkpoints and journals will be stored. Needs a trailing slash.
p4backupprefix: prefix used for all the backup, checkpoint and journal files.
dest_addr: e-mail recipient for the backup results
sender_addr: e-mail sender for the backup results
sender_password: matching password
smtphost: e-mail SMTP server
smtpport: SMTP port
smtptls: use TLS?
gsuite_clientid: used only for Google Suite e-mail sender addresses. Read the instructions in the oauth2.py file and fill in the details.
gsuite_accesstoken: leave blank if you are not using Google Suite account to send e-mails.