bwpbackup.sh

This bash script was designed to automate the backup process of Bitnami WordPress stack to Amazon S3. Other backup destinations are possible (Google Cloud Storage, FTP, SFTP, SCP, rsync, file...) with minor modifications.

Pre-requisites

• aws-cli

There are two scripts included:

1. bwpbackup.sh - main script, used for automated backup to an S3 bucket (no output seen on screen)
2. full-backup.sh - use to manually create a full application backup and upload to S3 (visually watch backup status)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. SSH into your Bitnami for Wordpress server and clone this repository into the user folder, then change directory into the newly cloned repo

   git clone https://github.com/jmadrone/bwpbackup.sh.git && cd bwpbackup.sh
   

2. Edit the .config file to modify USER OPTIONS

   nano .config
   AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=[Your AWS Access Key ID Here]
   AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=[Your AWS Secret Access Key Here]
   Ctrl+x      #write & quit
   

   Possible USER OPTIONS Configureable in the .config file. These will be used for all scripts.

   • your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key #change these
   • workig directory #default is /home/bitnami
   • backup path #default is $WORKING_DIRECTORY/backup
   • bucket name You need to change this
   • number of days to keep #default is 3 days for local backups

3. Run the script of your choice with sudo or as root

   cd ~/bwpbackup.sh
   sudo bash bwpbackup.sh
   
   or
   
   sudo -i
   cd /home/bitnami/bwpbackup.sh
   bash bwpbackup.sh