dobackup - DigitalOcean backup utility

Backup file to DigitalOcean. Supports rotating backups by default. Has the ability to compress a list of directories.

Setup

1. Clone this repo
2. Install pip
3. Install requirements: python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Add your S3 keys to the following named environment variables:
   • SPACES_KEY: export SPACES_KEY=yourkey
   • SPACES_SECRET: export SPACES_SECRET=yoursecret
   • SPACES_REGION_NAME: export SPACES_REGION_NAME=yourregionname
   • SPACES_ENDPOINT_URL: export SPACES_ENDPOINT_URL=yourendpointurl

Help

python dobackup.py -h

Example crontab entry for cron job

SHELL=/bin/bash
0 0 * * 1 source /home/username/.dobackup_env && /opt/digitalocean-spaces-backup/dobackup.py -o 5 --basedir /some/base/directory/to/backup space-name zip_name.zip specific/directory importantDir1 importantDir2
30 0 * * * mysqldump databasename | gzip -c > databasename.sql.gz && source /home/username/.dobackup_env && /opt/digitalocean-spaces-backup/dobackup.py -o 30 space-name database.sql.gz

Example .dobackup_env file

See example.env