Automated backups ni muhimu kuhakikisha data yako haipotei kutokana na errors, hardware failure, au changes zisizotarajiwa. Kwa local server, unaweza kutumia bash scripts pamoja na cron jobs (Linux/Mac) au Task Scheduler (Windows) kufanya backups za database na files kwa automatic.

Mfano wa Bash Script kwa Linux/Mac:

#!/bin/bash

# Set variables
BACKUP_DIR="/home/user/backups"
DB_NAME="mydatabase"
DB_USER="root"
DB_PASS="password"
DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")

# Create backup directory if not exists
mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR

# Backup MySQL database
mysqldump -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PASS $DB_NAME > $BACKUP_DIR/db_$DATE.sql

# Backup website files
tar -czf $BACKUP_DIR/www_$DATE.tar.gz /var/www/html/myapp

# Optional: Delete backups older than 7 days
find $BACKUP_DIR -type f -mtime +7 -delete

echo "Backup completed on $DATE"


Jinsi ya Ku-schedule Backup Automatic kwa Linux:

Fungua crontab editor:

crontab -e


Ongeza entry ya daily backup saa 2am:

0 2 * * * /home/user/scripts/backup.sh


Ufafanuzi:

mysqldump inafanya backup ya MySQL database.

tar -czf inachomeka na compress files za project.

find ... -mtime +7 -delete inahakikisha backups za zamani zinafutwa ili space isijazwe.

Kwa Windows, unaweza kutumia Task Scheduler ku-run script sawa.

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