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Bash Scripting for Automated Backups in DevOps

The document outlines various Bash scripts for automating backups in a DevOps environment, including web server backups, log archiving, database backups, and syncing backups to remote storage. It emphasizes the importance of automation, reliability, efficiency, and scheduling of backups to prevent data loss. Additionally, it provides cron job scheduling examples for executing these scripts at specified times.

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Bash Scripting for Automated Backups in DevOps

The document outlines various Bash scripts for automating backups in a DevOps environment, including web server backups, log archiving, database backups, and syncing backups to remote storage. It emphasizes the importance of automation, reliability, efficiency, and scheduling of backups to prevent data loss. Additionally, it provides cron job scheduling examples for executing these scripts at specified times.

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Bash Scripting for Automated Backups

in DevOps
Author: Zayan Ahmed | Estimated Reading time: 4 mins

Scenario 1: Backing Up a Web Server

Imagine you are a DevOps engineer managing a web server. This server hosts important
files, databases, and configurations that should be backed up regularly. If a server crash or
accidental deletion occurs, you could lose all your data. To prevent this, you decide to write a
Bash script that automatically creates backups every day and stores them safely.

Bash Script for Web Server Backup


#!/bin/bash

# Variables
SOURCE_DIR="/var/www/html" # Directory to back up
BACKUP_DIR="/backup" # Where backups will be stored
DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") # Current date
BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/backup-$DATE.tar.gz" # Backup filename

# Create backup directory if it doesn't exist


mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR

# Create a compressed backup


tar -czf $BACKUP_FILE $SOURCE_DIR

# Print success message


echo "Backup created successfully: $BACKUP_FILE"
Scenario 2: Archiving Old Logs

Log files accumulate over time and can take up a lot of disk space. To keep storage under
control, you need to archive logs older than 7 days and store them as zip files in a backup
directory.

Bash Script for Archiving Old Logs


#!/bin/bash

# Variables
LOG_DIR="/var/log/myapp" # Directory where logs are stored
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/logs" # Directory to store archived logs
DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") # Current date

# Create backup directory if it doesn't exist


mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR

# Find logs older than 7 days and compress them


find $LOG_DIR -type f -mtime +7 -exec zip $BACKUP_DIR/logs-$DATE.zip {}
+

# Delete old logs after archiving


find $LOG_DIR -type f -mtime +7 -delete

# Print success message


echo "Old logs archived successfully in $BACKUP_DIR/logs-$DATE.zip"

Scenario 3: Backing Up a Database

Databases store critical information, and losing data could be disastrous. To ensure safety, a
scheduled backup of the database should be performed.

Bash Script for Database Backup


#!/bin/bash

# Variables
DB_NAME="mydatabase" # Database name
DB_USER="dbuser" # Database user
DB_PASSWORD="dbpassword" # Database password
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/db" # Backup directory
DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") # Current date
BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/db-backup-$DATE.sql.gz"

# Create backup directory if it doesn't exist


mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR

# Backup the database and compress it


mysqldump -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PASSWORD $DB_NAME | gzip > $BACKUP_FILE

# Print success message


echo "Database backup created successfully: $BACKUP_FILE"

Scenario 4: Syncing Backups to Remote Storage

Local backups are useful, but if the server fails, the backups could also be lost. To ensure
safety, backups should be synced to a remote storage location.

Bash Script for Remote Backup Sync


#!/bin/bash

# Variables
LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR="/backup" # Local backup directory
REMOTE_USER="backupuser" # Remote server user
REMOTE_HOST="backupserver.com" # Remote server address
REMOTE_DIR="/remote/backup" # Remote backup directory

# Sync backups to remote storage


rsync -avz $LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR/ $REMOTE_USER@$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_DIR/

# Print success message


echo "Backups synced successfully to remote server:
$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_DIR"

How These Scripts Help in DevOps

●​ Automation: The scripts eliminate the need for manual backups.


●​ Reliability: Data is safely stored in case of failures.
●​ Efficiency: Compressed and archived backups save storage space.
●​ Scheduling: These scripts can be scheduled using cron to run regularly without
human intervention.

Scheduling the Scripts (Cron Job)

To automate these backups, add the following lines to your crontab file:

0 0 * * * /path/to/web_backup.sh # Web server backup at midnight


0 1 * * * /path/to/log_backup.sh # Log archiving at 1 AM
0 2 * * * /path/to/db_backup.sh # Database backup at 2 AM
0 3 * * * /path/to/remote_sync.sh # Sync backups to remote server at
3 AM

By using Bash scripting, you can ensure that important data is always backed up without
having to remember to do it manually.

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