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Bookstack Backup

Example shell script to backup Bookstack content:

# must be run as root
cd /var/www/bookstack
mysqldump -u root bookstack > bookstack-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d").sql
git add -A && git commit -m "backup" && git push

Assumes:

  • The MariaDB (or MySQL) database is named "bookstack"
  • /var/www/bookstack is the bookstack root directory
  • The bookstack root directory has been initialized as a git repository
  • A git remote has been set