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Backups

Backups that are running: what they are saving, where they are located, and how to restore them.

Web services

All backups are located on the Synology NAS, under IT Backups.

amaravati.org (WordPress)

We back up all the WordPress files and uploads (this is a fairly large folder, under 200GB, as it contains all of our audio files) so if we need to migrate to another WordPress host, we can easily restore the data.

The script /home/itadmin/ on the Linux server is responsible for this backup and is ran via crontab every night. It:

  • clones the WordPress files from Krystal via FTP to /data/backups/www.amaravati.org on the Linux server
  • copies /data/backups/www.amaravati.org to the Synology NAS under /IT Backups/www.amaravati.org 

So we have technically two backups at all time

See also: Linux server

Monastery computers

Extra: Synology NAS config

Read this for rsync config without password prompt

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