isp3backup

A backup script for websites, databases and other stuff on ISPConfig 3 servers

ISPConfig default backup tool is good but not completed. For this reason, this script can be useful: it backup other things than databases and websites as Let's Encrypt files, /vmail directory or Apache2 config. It can also put your backup to another server using FTP. I hope it will help you as it helps me in my dailies backup management.

How use this script

1. Save this script somewhere on your server (/usr/bin for me);
2. Create the backup directory (root mode);
3. Edit the script, set the variables and be careful about everything;
4. Execute the file using sh isp3backup.sh;

All logs are put in the console and on a single log file create by script (var/log/isp3backup/YYYY-MM-DD.log) You can execute the script using a cron task. For that, edit your cron tab using sudo crontab -e. Be sure that the file is executable using chmod +x {YOUR SCRIPT PATH}

What this script does

This script can help you in your daily backups. Here are the files and directories include in the backup file:

• ISPConfig HTTPD Log (/var/log/ispconfig/httpd)
• Apache2 config files (/etc/apache2/sites-available and /etc/apache2/sites-enabled)
• All your websites (/var/www/clients)
• Your mail directories (/var/vmail)
• System users and groups created by ISPConfig
• Let's Encrypt directory

All files are compressed in a .tar.gzip file. By default, only one daily backup is keeped on server as you can send it via FTP.

Editable variables

Directories backed-up:

• CLIENTSDIR="/var/www/clients": Your website directory
• MAILDIR="/var/vmail": Your mails directory
• LETSENCRYPTDIR="/etc/letsencrypt": Let's Encrypt directory
• HTTPDIR="/var/log/ispconfig/httpd": Log for ISPConfig HTTPD
• APACHE2DIR="/etc/apache2": Apache2 directory

Directories used by script:

• BACKUPDIR="/backup": Directory where backup will be saved. Please create it before proceed !
• LOGDIR="/var/log/isp3backup": Directory where log will be saved. Created by script
• TMPDIR="/tmp/tmpbck": Temporary directory. Created and deleted by script

SQL variables:

• DBUSER="XX": The user used by the script for backing-up. Please be sure this user has the right to proceed.
• `DBPASS="XX": You know what

FTP configuration:

• FTPBACKUP=1: Enable FTP backup if set to 1. If you want to deactivate this option, set to 0 (default: 1)
• FTPMAXBACKUP=2: Max number of backups keeped on remote server (default: 2)
• FTPHOST='XX': Your FTP Host
• FTPUSER='XX': FTP User
• FTPPASSWD='XX': FTP Password
• FTPBACKUPDIR='ispconfig_backup' FTP Backup directory, where backups will be saved. Please create it before proceed

Authors

The script was originaly created by Ioannis Sannos in 2010 (http://www.isopensource.com) and published under GPL Licence. It was updated by Alex Ward in 2012 (https://www.geekonthepc.com/tag/ispc3backup/). I updated it in 2018 and add some features (FTP synch and /vmail, /letsencrypt/, /users, /apache2 backup)