Full backup won't run

[lemiran]

Hi everyone!

I'm new in the magento world...

In the backup section of my 1.8.0 magento, i :

> succeed to make a db backup

> failed several times to have a full or a db&media backup.

I don't know why it's not possible...

In parallel of this, i downloaded all the FTP files. The point is to have a full backup before applying a update in order to have the latest magento version and make several modifications (modules, templates etc)

Thank you for your ideas and precious help!

Miran

[Gabriel Guarino]

Hi @lemiran,

I assume you are trying to create a backup from the admin panel.

I don't recommend proceeding with backups from the admin panel since it consumes a lot of resources for the server, leading to your website (and admin panel) to be down while the backup is executed.

I recommend creating a .tgz file containing the codebase from the server, and doing a mysqldump to back up the database.


Best regards.

Gabriel

[lemiran]

Hi Gabriel

Thank you for your reply!

Yes i'm trying to backup from the admin panel.

How could i "create a .tgz file containing the codebase from the server"?

A complete mysql dump is enough?

Up to now i had:

- dump the mysql

- transfered the FTP files

I have to be sure at 200% before working on this site (update the magento version, add/remove modules, update the template, add products...)

Regards

Miran

[lemiran]

Hello @Gabriel Guarino

I didn't find the solution and your help would be precious.

Thank you very much

Regards

Miran

[Gabriel Guarino · Accepted solution]

Hi @lemiran,

You can do that by connecting to the server through SSH and opening the project directory root.

Once you are there, you can create a .tgz backup by following these instructions:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-compress-a-whole-linux-or-unix-directory/

Best regards.
Gabriel

[lemiran]

Good morning @Gabriel Guarino

It's very nice to you to answer me so quickly!!

I will test it this morning and will come back here. But thanks to your detailed explanations i should success!!

Regards

Miran

[lemiran]

thank you very much @Gabriel Guarino

It worked like a charm! A little bit weird to do it in a ssh in place of my ftp software but it worked.

Why should we prefer the ssh solution to FTP?

Regards

MIran

[Gabriel Guarino]

@lemiran, you're welcome!

SSH is faster and more reliable than FTP. If you compress a directory through SSH, you will know if the backup was successfully made through the command-line. A transfer through FTP could fail and you will lose files in the backup process, which is critical for your store.