#
# Bash script for creating backups of Nextcloud.
#
-# Version 2.0.0
+# Version 2.1.0
#
# Usage:
# - With backup directory specified in the script: ./NextcloudBackup.sh
if [ -z "$backupMainDir" ]; then
# TODO: The directory where you store the Nextcloud backups (when not specified by args)
backupMainDir='/media/hdd/nextcloud_backup'
+else
+ backupMainDir=$(echo $backupMainDir | sed 's:/*$::')
fi
currentDate=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
# The actual directory of the current backup - this is a subdirectory of the main directory above with a timestamp
backupdir="${backupMainDir}/${currentDate}/"
+# TODO: Use compression for Matrix Synapse installation/lib dir
+# When this is the only script for backups, it's recommend to enable compression.
+# If the output of this script is used in another (compressing) backup (e.g. borg backup),
+# you should probably disable compression here and only enable compression of your main backup script.
+useCompression=true
+
# TODO: The directory of your Nextcloud installation (this is a directory under your web root)
nextcloudFileDir='/var/www/nextcloud'
# File names for backup files
# If you prefer other file names, you'll also have to change the NextcloudRestore.sh script.
-fileNameBackupFileDir='nextcloud-filedir.tar.gz'
-fileNameBackupDataDir='nextcloud-datadir.tar.gz'
+fileNameBackupFileDir='nextcloud-filedir.tar'
+fileNameBackupDataDir='nextcloud-datadir.tar'
+
+if [ "$useCompression" = true ] ; then
+ fileNameBackupFileDir='nextcloud-filedir.tar.gz'
+ fileNameBackupDataDir='nextcloud-datadir.tar.gz'
+fi
# TODO: Uncomment if you use local external storage
-#fileNameBackupExternalDataDir='nextcloud-external-datadir.tar.gz'
+#fileNameBackupExternalDataDir='nextcloud-external-datadir.tar'
+#
+#if [ "$useCompression" = true ] ; then
+# fileNameBackupExternalDataDir='nextcloud-external-datadir.tar.gz'
+#fi
fileNameBackupDb='nextcloud-db.sql'
# Backup file directory
#
echo "Creating backup of Nextcloud file directory..."
-tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupFileDir}" -C "${nextcloudFileDir}" .
+
+if [ "$useCompression" = true ] ; then
+ tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupFileDir}" -C "${nextcloudFileDir}" .
+else
+ tar -cpf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupFileDir}" -C "${nextcloudFileDir}" .
+fi
+
echo "Done"
echo
echo "Creating backup of Nextcloud data directory..."
if [ "$ignoreUpdaterBackups" = true ] ; then
- echo "Ignoring updater backup directory"
- tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupDataDir}" --exclude="updater-*/backups/*" -C "${nextcloudDataDir}" .
+ echo "Ignoring updater backup directory"
+
+ if [ "$useCompression" = true ] ; then
+ tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupDataDir}" --exclude="updater-*/backups/*" -C "${nextcloudDataDir}" .
+ else
+ tar -cpf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupDataDir}" --exclude="updater-*/backups/*" -C "${nextcloudDataDir}" .
+ fi
else
+ if [ "$useCompression" = true ] ; then
tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupDataDir}" -C "${nextcloudDataDir}" .
+ else
+ tar -cpf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupDataDir}" -C "${nextcloudDataDir}" .
+ fi
fi
echo "Done"
# Backup local external storage.
# Uncomment if you use local external storage
#echo "Creating backup of Nextcloud local external storage directory..."
-#tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupExternalDataDir}" -C "${nextcloudLocalExternalDataDir}" .
+
+#if [ "$useCompression" = true ] ; then
+# tar -cpzf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupExternalDataDir}" -C "${nextcloudLocalExternalDataDir}" .
+#else
+# tar -cpf "${backupdir}/${fileNameBackupExternalDataDir}" -C "${nextcloudLocalExternalDataDir}" .
+#fi
+
#echo "Done"
#echo