jmadrone/wpbackup.sh

Bash script to backup Wordpress and all config files including web server and upload to S3 cloud storage

wpbackup.sh Backup Script

Bash script to backup Wordpress and all associated files and database, including web server (Apache or Ngninx), amd upload to AWS S3 storage, though other backup destinations are possible with only minor changes.

Configure user options in the included .config file. See

Pre-requisites

• aws-cli

INSTRUCTIONS

1. SSH into your wordpress server and clone this repository into your user's home folder, then change directory into the newly cloned repo

    git clone https://github.com/jmadrone/wpbackup.sh.git && cd wpbackup.sh
   

2. Edit the .config file to modify USER OPTIONS

    nano .config
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=[Your AWS Access Key ID Here]
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=[Your AWS Secret Access Key Here]
    Change any other desired options
    Ctrl+x      #write & quit
   

3. Run the script of your choice as ROOT

    sudo ./wpbackup.sh
   

To setup CRON

Add the next line to crontab of root user to run every day at 3:30am

    30 3 ** * /path/to/wpbackup.sh >> /path/to/logs/wpbackup_cron.log 2>&1