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FTP Backup Script

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Submitted by AfflatusArts, 23rd January 2012, 4:21:30 PM

Add a new function to the Backup Script that you can find under Task shedule:

Back Up to an FTP Server, you have to enter the informations of your ftp server, then the script will copy a backup of the mysql Database to your ftp server.

This would help much in case of an server crash....

3 Comments

  1. Is it too hard to use phpMyAdmin to download an SQL file and then open another FileZilla tab to upload?

    I believe there is also Booher's plugin in the mods DB. I believe it is called "Ultimate Backup Utility"

    But I don't think this needs to be core. Even vBulletin lacks it to my knowledge (I mention vB because it is pure bloat ware).

    GamerVoid, 1st February 2012, 2:34:04 AM

  2. It's not too hard, but in my opnion it's much easier if you have a backup script that runs by a cronjob every week. So you don't forget your backup and it is safe and you're backups are up to date.

    Writing a script like this is not hard... it have to make an SQL Dump and copy the created file through an ftp tunnel to a remote host.

    AfflatusArts, 14th February 2012, 10:50:13 AM

  3. "So you don't forget your backup and it is safe and you're backups are up to date."

    What kind of Administrator you are if you can "forget" your daily duty.

    "Writing a script like this is not hard... it have to make an SQL Dump and copy the created file through an ftp tunnel to a remote host."

    Imagine now that someone "hacked" some random forum. This can lead to unnecessary abuse and also lowers the security of the remote server.

    Still 3rd party dump php scripts are way better, or crontab if you have ssh access.

    OkweL, 15th February 2012, 8:55:48 AM

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