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Backing Up ownCloud
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To backup an ownCloud installation there are three main things you need to retain:
#. The config folder
#. The data folder
#. The database
Backup Folders
--------------
Simply copy your config and data folder (or even your whole ownCloud install and data folder) to a place outside of
your ownCloud environment. You could use this command::
rsync -Aax owncloud/ owncloud-dirbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`/
Backup Database
---------------
MySQL
^^^^^
MySQL is the recommended database engine. To backup MySQL::
mysqldump --lock-tables -h [server] -u [username] -p[password] > owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
SQLite
^^^^^^
::
sqlite3 data/owncloud.db .dump > owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
PostgreSQL
^^^^^^^^^^
::
PGPASSWORD="password" pg_dump owncloud -h [server] -U [username] -f owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak