appendix-backup-and-restore.rst

Backup and Restore

Zammad contains simple backup & restore scripts that can be executed via command line or cron job. You can find the scripts in the "/opt/zammad/contrib/backup" directory.

Configuration

• Rename "/opt/zammad/contrib/backup/config.dist" to "/opt/zammad/contrib/backup/config"
• Configure backup path in /opt/zammad/contrib/backup/config if you want. Standard backup path is "/var/tmp/zammad_backup"

Create Backup

cd /opt/zammad/contrib/backup
./zammad_backup.sh

Restore everything

cd /opt/zammad/contrib/backup

With menu for choosing backup date

./zammad_restore.sh

With command line argument for backup date

./zammad_restore.sh 20170507121848