django-rotating-backup 1.0.1

A simple Django app to make rotating backups of the Django database and media files.

Django-Rotating-Backup

This is a simple app to create rotating backups from the Django database and Media files.

Quick start

1. Install django-rotating-backups using pip:

   pip install django-rotating-backup
   

2. Add "django-rotating-backups" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       ...
       'django_rotating_backup',
   ]
   

3. Add python manage.py create_backup to a hourly cron job.

4. Add settings to the django settings or use environment settings. Please not that environment variables have precedent over the settings configured in the settings.

Settings

Name	Description
DRB_BACKUP_HOURS_TO_KEEP	The number of hourly backups to keep
DRB_BACKUP_DAYS_TO_KEEP	The number of daily backups to keep
DRB_BACKUP_WEEKS_TO_KEEP	The number of weekly backups to keep
DRB_BACKUP_MONTHS_TO_KEEP	The number of monthly backups to keep
DRB_DESTINATION_FOLDER	Where to store the backups
DRB_ENABLE_SQLITE_BACKUP_COPY	Set to True to make backup copies for SQLite databases
DRB_ENABLE_DATABASE_DUMPS	Set to True to enable SQL dumps of databases
DRB_ENABLE_MEDIA_BACKUPS	Set to True to enable Media folder backups
DRB_ENABLE_REMOTE_SYNC	Set to True to enable remote sync of backup files
DRB_RSYNC_HOST	The remote host where to sync to
DRB_RSYNC_REMOTE_PATH	The path on the remote server
DRB_RSYNC_USER	The user to connect as
DRB_RSYNC_PUB_KEY	The ssh public key to use

Example

...
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
...

# Settings for Django Rotating Backup
DRB_BACKUP_HOURS_TO_KEEP = 24
DRB_BACKUP_DAYS_TO_KEEP = 7
DRB_BACKUP_WEEKS_TO_KEEP = 4
DRB_BACKUP_MONTHS_TO_KEEP = 3

DRB_DESTINATION_FOLDER = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'backups')

DRB_ENABLE_SQLITE_BACKUP_COPY = True
DRB_ENABLE_DATABASE_DUMPS = True
DRB_ENABLE_MEDIA_BACKUPS = True

DRB_ENABLE_REMOTE_SYNC = True
DRB_RSYNC_HOST = '192.168.2.6'
DRB_RSYNC_REMOTE_PATH = '/home/backupuser/backup/'
DRB_RSYNC_USER = 'backupuser'
DRB_RSYNC_SSH_KEY = '/Users/backupuser/.ssh/id_rsa'