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### Backup
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#### Manual
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You can use the provided script `helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh` to backup mailcow automatically.
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Please do not copy this script to another location.
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To run a backup, write "backup" as first parameter and either one or more components to backup as following parameters.
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You can also use "all" as second parameter to backup all components. Append `--delete-days n` to delete backups older than n days.
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# Syntax:
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# ./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup (vmail|crypt|redis|rspamd|postfix|mysql|all|--delete-days)
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# Backup all, delete backups older than 3 days
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./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all --delete-days 3
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# Backup vmail, crypt and mysql data, delete backups older than 30 days
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./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup vmail crypt mysql --delete-days 30
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# Backup vmail
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./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup vmail
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```
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#### Variables for backup/restore script
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##### Multithreading
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With the 2022-10 update it is possible to run the script with multithreading support. This can be used for backups as well as for restores.
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To start the backup/restore with multithreading you have to add `THREADS` as an environment variable in front of the command to execute the script.
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```
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THREADS=14 /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all
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```
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The number after the `=` character indicates the number of threads. Please keep your core count -2 to leave enough CPU power for mailcow itself.
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##### Backup path
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The script will ask you for a backup location. Inside of this location it will create folders in the format "mailcow_DATE".
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You should not rename those folders to not break the restore process.
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To run a backup unattended, define MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION as environment variable before starting the script:
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```
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MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION=/opt/backup /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all
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```
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!!! tip
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Both variables mentioned above can also be combined! Ex:
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```
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MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION=/opt/backup THREADS=14 /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all
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```
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#### Cronjob
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You can run the backup script regularly via cronjob. Make sure `BACKUP_LOCATION` exists:
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```
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PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
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5 4 * * * cd /opt/mailcow-dockerized/; MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION=/mnt/mailcow_backups /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup mysql crypt redis --delete-days 3
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```
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Per default cron sends the full result of each backup operation by email. If you want cron to only mail on error (non-zero exit code) you may want to use the following snippet. Pathes need to be modified according to your setup (this script is a user contribution).
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This following script may be placed in `/etc/cron.daily/mailcow-backup` - do not forget to mark it as executable via `chmod +x`:
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#!/bin/sh
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# Backup mailcow data
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# https://mailcow.github.io/mailcow-dockerized-docs/backup_restore/b_n_r-backup/
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set -e
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OUT="$(mktemp)"
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export MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION="/opt/backup"
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SCRIPT="/opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh"
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PARAMETERS="backup all"
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OPTIONS="--delete-days 30"
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# run command
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set +e
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"${SCRIPT}" ${PARAMETERS} ${OPTIONS} 2>&1 > "$OUT"
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RESULT=$?
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if [ $RESULT -ne 0 ]
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then
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echo "${SCRIPT} ${PARAMETERS} ${OPTIONS} encounters an error:"
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echo "RESULT=$RESULT"
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echo "STDOUT / STDERR:"
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cat "$OUT"
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fi
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```
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# Backup strategy with rsync and mailcow backup script
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Create the destination directory for mailcows helper script:
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```
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mkdir -p /external_share/backups/backup_script
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```
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Create cronjobs:
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```
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PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
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25 1 * * * rsync -aH --delete /opt/mailcow-dockerized /external_share/backups/mailcow-dockerized
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40 2 * * * rsync -aH --delete /var/lib/docker/volumes /external_share/backups/var_lib_docker_volumes
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5 4 * * * cd /opt/mailcow-dockerized/; BACKUP_LOCATION=/external_share/backups/backup_script /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup mysql crypt redis --delete-days 3
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# If you want to, use the acl util to backup permissions of some/all folders/files: getfacl -Rn /path
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```
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On the destination (in this case `/external_share/backups`) you may want to have snapshot capabilities (ZFS, Btrfs etc.). Snapshot daily and keep for n days for a consistent backup.
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Do **not** rsync to a Samba share, you need to keep the correct permissions!
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To restore you'd simply need to run rsync the other way round and restart Docker to re-read the volumes. Run `docker compose pull` and `docker compose up -d`.
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If you are lucky Redis and MariaDB can automatically fix the inconsistent databases (if they _are_ inconsistent).
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In case of a corrupted database you'd need to use the helper script to restore the inconsistent elements. If a restore fails, try to extract the backups and copy the files back manually. Keep the file permissions!
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