Jira and Confluence - Backup

This is a follow-up from my previous post about how to install and configure Jira and Confluence.

Backing everything up:

Create the backup directory:
#---
mkdir -p /var/local/atlassian-bkp/
chmod 750 /var/local/atlassian-bkp/
#---

Create the backup script:
#---
cat > /var/local/atlassian-bkp/atlassian_bkp.sh << __END__
#!/bin/sh
#
# Author: Gustavo Kuhn Andriotti
# Date: 2010.03.17
#

####
## Needed variables, you should edit only this
####

## general
BACKUP_DIR="/var/local/atlassian-bkp/"
DATE=\`date --utc +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S\`
LOG_FILE="\${BACKUP_DIR}/bkp-\${DATE}.log"

## JIRA
JIRA_DIR="/var/local/atlassian/jira/"
JIRA_DB="jiradb"
JIRA_USER="jirauser"
JIRA_PASS=""
## Confluence
CONFLUENCE_DIR="/var/local/atlassian/confluence/"
CONFLUENCE_DB="confluencedb"
CONFLUENCE_USER="confluenceuser"
CONFLUENCE_PASS=""

## services
STOP_TOMCAT="Y"
STOP_MYSQL="N"

####
## Stop relevant services
## You may not want to do this
####

echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Starting backup" > \${LOG_FILE}

## tomcat
if [ "Y" == \${STOP_TOMCAT} ]
then
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Stopping Tomcat" >> \${LOG_FILE}
service tomcat5 stop
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Tomcat stopped" >> \${LOG_FILE}
fi
## mysql
if [ "Y" == \${STOP_MYSQL} ]
then
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Stopping MySQL" >> \${LOG_FILE}
service mysqld stop
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" MySQL Stopped" >> \${LOG_FILE}
fi

####
## Backup databases
####

## General
mkdir -p \${BACKUP_DIR}

## JIRA
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Backing the JIRA database up" >> \${LOG_FILE}
BKP_FILE="\${BACKUP_DIR}/\${JIRA_DB}-\${DATE}.gz"
mysqldump -B \${JIRA_DB} -u \${JIRA_USER} -p\${JIRA_PASS} | gzip -c - > \${BKP_FILE}
chmod 400 \${BKP_FILE}
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" JIRA database backed up at: \${BKP_FILE}" >> \${LOG_FILE}

## CONFLUENCE
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Backing the Confluence database up" >> \${LOG_FILE}
BKP_FILE="\${BACKUP_DIR}/\${CONFLUENCE_DB}-\${DATE}.gz"
mysqldump -B \${CONFLUENCE_DB} -u \${CONFLUENCE_USER} -p\${CONFLUENCE_PASS} | gzip -c - > \${BKP_FILE}
chmod 400 \${BKP_FILE}
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Confluence database backed up at: \${BKP_FILE}" >> \${LOG_FILE}

####
## Backup files
####

## JIRA
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Backing the JIRA files up" >> \${LOG_FILE}
BKP_FILE="\${BACKUP_DIR}/\`basename \${JIRA_DIR}\`-\${DATE}.tgz"
tar -czf \${BKP_FILE} \${JIRA_DIR}
chmod 400 \${BKP_FILE}
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" JIRA files backed up at: \${BKP_FILE}" >> \${LOG_FILE}

## Confluence
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Backing the Confluence files up" >> \${LOG_FILE}
BKP_FILE="\${BACKUP_DIR}/\`basename \${CONFLUENCE_DIR}\`-\${DATE}.tgz"
tar -czf \${BKP_FILE} \${CONFLUENCE_DIR}
chmod 400 \${BKP_FILE}
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Confluence files backed up at: \${BKP_FILE}" >> \${LOG_FILE}

####
## Start services if they were stopped
####

## mysql
if [ "Y" == \${STOP_MYSQL} ]
then
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Starting MySQL" >> \${LOG_FILE}
service mysqld start
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" MySQL Started" >> \${LOG_FILE}
fi

## tomcat
if [ "Y" == \${STOP_TOMCAT} ]
then
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Starting Tomcat" >> \${LOG_FILE}
rm -f \${JIRA_DIR}/.jira-home.lock
service tomcat5 start
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Tomcat started" >> \${LOG_FILE}
fi

####
## Done
####
echo \`date --utc +%Y.%m.%d\ %H:%M:%S\`" Backup done!" >> \${LOG_FILE}
__END__
chmod 750 /var/local/atlassian-bkp/atlassian_bkp.sh
#---

NOTE: DO edit the resulting file: /var/local/atlassian-bkp/atlassian_bkp.sh to put the correct passwords for the database users.

It will store all backups at /var/local/atlassian-bkp/ and a typical backup will have a file list as follows:

-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3112 2010-03-17 19:32 atlassian_bkp.sh
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 796 2010-03-17 19:32 bkp-20100317-223145.log
-r--------. 1 root root 181902319 2010-03-17 19:32 confluence-20100317-223145.tgz
-r--------. 1 root root 8572 2010-03-17 19:31 confluencedb-20100317-223145.gz
-r--------. 1 root root 79531583 2010-03-17 19:31 jira-20100317-223145.tgz
-r--------. 1 root root 15302 2010-03-17 19:31 jiradb-20100317-223145.gz

Test the script:
#---
sh -x /var/local/atlassian-bkp/atlassian_bkp.sh
#---

Put the script in the crontab (daily):
#---
ln /var/local/atlassian-bkp/atlassian_bkp.sh /etc/cron.daily/atlassian
#---

Notice that it is a HARD link to the cron.daily, so that when you edit the original file it also reflects a change at the crontab.

BUT to remove the file completely you MUST remove from BOTH locations:
#---
rm -f /var/local/atlassian-bkp/atlassian_bkp.sh
rm -f /etc/cron.daily/atlassian
#---

Checkout if the starting time is okay for you (the standard is 03:00):
#---
cat /etc/anacrontab
#---

Related posts:
Installation and configuration: http://gka-linux.blogspot.com/2010/03/jira-and-confluence.html