System Backup and Restore

A GigaFox system backup will save the necessary directories, files, and system-specific data to restore GigaFox to its state at the time of the backup.

Save a system backup

• To save a system backup, run the following script as root:

   sudo /usr/local/deviceconnect/Build/Scripts/dcbackup-periodic.sh
    

Additional Parameters

• --help: Will display additional parameters with a description of each.
• --install: Sets up a system backup cronjob to run daily at midnight. --install must be run with sudo and has to be the first additional argument.
  If --install needs to be run at additional times, the original additions to the crontab must be edited out by manually running sudo crontab -e.
• --all: Include the influxdb database.
• --dir <directory>: Write backups to a specific directory. By default, backups are saved in /Users/deviceconnect/dcbackup.
• --max-age <days>: Keep this many previous number of days of backups. By default, 30 days of backups will be saved. To disable this feature, use 0.
  Example: To keep backups for the previous five (5) days:

  
     sudo /usr/local/deviceconnect/Build/Scripts/dcbackup-periodic.sh --max-age 5
      

Restore from System Backup

• To restore a system from a saved backup, run:

  
     sudo /usr/local/deviceconnect/Build/Scripts/dcrestore.sh ~/dcbackup/<savedbackup>.tar.gz