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v1 v2 1 = Trac Backup = 1 = Trac Backup 2 2 3 [[TracGuideToc]] 3 4 4 Backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the database. Backups can be created using the `hotcopy` command in [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin].5 Trac backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the database. Backups can be created using the `hotcopy` command in [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. 5 6 6 ''Note: Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers.'' 7 '''Note''': Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers. 7 8 8 == Creating a Backup ==9 == Creating a Backup 9 10 10 To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment ,simply run:11 11 To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment simply run: 12 {{{#!sh 12 13 $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv hotcopy /path/to/backupdir 13 14 }}} 14 15 15 [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] will lock the database while copying. ''16 [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] will lock the database while copying. 16 17 17 18 The resulting backup directory is safe to handle using standard file-based backup tools like `tar` or `dump`/`restore`. … … 19 20 Please note, the `hotcopy` command will not overwrite a target directory and when such exists, the operation ends with an error: `Command failed: [Errno 17] File exists:` This is discussed in [trac:ticket:3198 #3198]. 20 21 21 == = Restoring a Backup ===22 == Restoring a Backup 22 23 23 24 To restore an environment from a backup, stop the process running Trac, ie the Web server or [wiki:TracStandalone tracd], restore the contents of your backup (path/to/backupdir) to your [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory and restart the service. … … 27 28 psql -U <user> -d <database> -f postgresql.dump 28 29 }}} 30 29 31 The `<database>` option is the same as the [TracEnvironment#DatabaseConnectionStrings database connection string] in the `[trac]` `database` option of //trac.ini//. 30 32