Hi, Could you please help on below: How to take backup of Discourse hourly in a day. Is it possible to do it from “/admin/site_settings/category/backups” ? or should check PostgreSQL backup mechanism? Can you confirm - what ever back ups created under “admin/backups” is only just Database Backup or entire Discourse backup ? Thank you.

You can view all Backup related settings at Admin > Settings > Backups and modify the backup frequency setting to enable daily backups. These backups will contain all your Discourse data, this thread will have some more pointers: [image] Configure automatic backups for Discourse Self-Hosting bookmark This guide explains how to configure automatic backups for Discourse, including storage options on local servers and S3-compatible storage. Learn how to set up automatic backups for your Discourse platform. This guide covers configuring automatic backups, storing them on local servers or S3-compatible storage, and managing storage retention options like Amazon Glacier. Configuring automatic backups Navigate to /admin settings. Select the Backup section. Set backup_frequency to …

Thank you so much for your response. I have already configured the automatic back up Discourse data every day. But, I would like to take back up of Discourse multiple times in a day. Example: For every 2 hours or 6 hours in a day. How can this be achieved ? Thank you.

I would use WEBMIN for something like that, They have a BACKUP area that you can adjust times and dates and restore and backup sites.

How would webmin trigger Discourse to perform a backup?

Can any one please let me know, if it possible to take back up of Discourse multiple times in a day. Example: For every 2 hours or 6 hours in a day.

That’s not supported using a simple admin setting. You will need to roll your own pg_dump and uploads script for that.

Thanks so much for the response. I will try with pg_dump as suggested.

Hi, I have one question on Discourse back up: What ever backups that we see at Admin > Settings > Backups: is it included with file system backup also, or is it just database backup alone ? Thank you.

It doesn’t include app.yml I believe. You should keep a copy of that somewhere safe. Obviously this doesn’t change very much or often. To recreate your server you generally only need: app.yml a back-up of the forum generated by the inbuilt functionality. It should only take about 30 minutes to recreate the server with these two things available.

Hi @merefield, Thank you so much for the response. Ok, so once I recreate the new server with (backup) app.yml and the back-up ( Admin > Settings > Backups), then all the additional settings that were added to UI or any additional (admin) settings in old discourse server will be appearing in new server ? (I mean, the newly created server will be exactly like copy of old server with out any data loss) ?

How to take backup of Discourse hourly in a day

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merefield (Robert) September 10, 2018, 1:25pm 12

You will need to repoint your DNS (A record) to your new IP too (if that has changed).

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