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Duplicati in Docker

What is Duplicati ?

A Docker-Compose implementation of Duplicati tailored to work with a Nextcloud instance

Run

  • Create the environment file from the example file
cp .env.example .env
  • Change the environment variables to your liking
  • Specify the path where the data you want to backup is in docker-compose.yml
  • Launch the container
docker-compose up -d
  • Access <host_ip>:8200 with your browser

Nextcloud

There are a few options to tailor this Duplicati instance to backup a Nextcloud data instance

Automatic maintenance mode enabling/disabling

  • Uncomment the corresponding code in the scripts
  • Link the Nextcloud config.php file to the corresponding volume in docker-compose.yml

MySQL / MariaDB database backup

  • Setup a cron job with the script in tools/db_bak.sh
  • Link the database backup directory to the corresponding volume in docker-compose.yml
  • In your Duplicati backup configuration, select the /source/db_bak source directory

Restoration point

You can specify the data restoration point into the docker-compose.yml if your host system storage is too small. You may link it to a external drive

You will need to tell Duplicati to use the /restore/ directory when restoring data

Alerts

You can enable Slack alerts with the before_operation.sh and after_operation.sh files

  • Uncomment the corresponding code in the scripts
  • Fill the SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL environment variable
  • In your backup configuration :
    • Go to the options section
    • Show the advanced options
    • Choose the run-script-before option and fill it with /scripts/before_operation.sh
    • Choose the run-script-after option and fill it with /scripts/after_operation.sh
    • Save