[FM Discuss] 'manual' backups

[adam]

On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 10:58 -0600, James Simmons wrote:
> Adam,
> 
> So you're saying that all the pages for all the manuals are stored in
> database tables?  What about images?

stored in /site_media/static

> 
> I seem to recall reading that Booki itself used git to store different
> versions of manual pages.  Is that true?  

no, not yet


adam



> 
> James Simmons
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:41 AM, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 09:33 -0600, James Simmons wrote:
> >> Adam,
> >>
> >> This is good advice for manual authors but I'm also interested in
> >> having my own instance of Booki at my company and I need to know how
> >> to back up a whole system.  What do you need to do for that?  (What
> >> directories, databases, etc. need to be backed up?)
> >
> > well....if you use git you can store a version of the site in git. the
> > db you can use pg_dump or whatever dump app you have for the db you use.
> > then put it in cron...
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> James Simmons
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:39 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> >> > hi
> >> >
> >> > for the chronically paranoid, i thought i should mention u can back up
> >> > your own booki-specific file (called a booki.zip) which is an archive of
> >> > any manual...simply follow the syntax:
> >> > http://booki.flossmanuals.net/export/MANUALNAME/export/
> >> >
> >> > eg
> >> > http://booki.flossmanuals.net/export/audacity/export/
> >> >
> >> > adam
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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