Automating running of backups
In this section, systemd and cron ways are going to be explained. systemd is the preferred way in case your system has it.
It is supposed you already have configured the environment and it works.
For both ways, download the file automated-script.sh in some place. In this example, the same folder, where the venv, configuration and steps are located, is going to be used.
curl -sSL https://github.com/MajorcaDevs/mdbackup/raw/master/contrib/automated-script.sh > automated-script.sh
chmod +x automated-script.sh
systemd
For systemd, you need to download backups.service and backups.timer, copy them to /etc/systemd/system and enable the timer.
sudo bash -c "curl -sSL https://github.com/MajorcaDevs/mdbackup/raw/master/contrib/backups.service > /etc/systemd/system/backups.service"
sudo bash -c "curl -sSL https://github.com/MajorcaDevs/mdbackup/raw/master/contrib/backups.timer > /etc/systemd/system/backups.timer"
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/backups.service #Modify the path to the script !!
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/backups.timer #Check when the timer is going to fire !!
sudo systemctl enable backups.timer
sudo systemctl start backups.timer
nano automated-script.sh #Modify the path of CONFIG_FOLDER
You must modify the path to the script in the backups.service and the CONFIG_FOLDER in the automated-script.sh. It is recommended to check if you like when the timer is going to fire (by default is every night at 1am).
crontab
For crontab, you need to edit the roots crontab and add a new entry. Also modify the automated-script.sh file to remove the comment in the last line to have logs visible in the same folder where the configuration and steps are placed. An example of crontab entry could be: