Download a backup

[bkm]

@p.russo

hi, from a remote server I have to download a backup to transfer to another server. I can only use commands from the management panel.

Instead of downloading to a local box and then re-uploading to another server, why not use the ‘scp’ command?

See this post for an example:

Full backup with customisation for system migration

Better still, try this (it is more complete and less prone to failure): On the source server (the one to backup), from the frappe-bench directory run: bench --site [sitename] destroy-all-sessions bench --site [sitename] set-maintenance-mode on mysqldump -u root -p[yourpassword] 311f4e070af3fb93 | gzip > /home/def_user/"$(date '+%m%d-%H%M').sql.gz" tar -czf /home/def_user/pri-files.tar.gz -C /home/def_user/frappe-bench/sites/site1.local/private/files . tar -czf /home/def_user/pub-files.tar.gz -…

The scp command is a secure way to transfer files directly from one internet cloud server to another without having to do the really long process of downloading and re-uploading. It takes me about 30 seconds to move everything between servers.

In fact I have these commands and several others built into a complete backup script that not only runs the backup but then transfers it along with the support files (private & public) to two other servers and the entire process happens in less than 2 minutes without me lifting a finger.
Give it a try.

BKM