SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

Copyright (c) 2025 William C. Bellavance Jr.

Backup Manager C++

Backup manager, Reads configuration from backup.env if present in each HOME folder, performs MySQL (docker or host) dumps, archives directories, pushes to a remote backup server via SSH/SCP (using sshpass), optionally handles Nextcloud maintenance mode, and sends Telegram notifications.

Build

Requirements: g++, make,

make deb

Config

Edit /home/INSTALL_USER/backup/backup.env. Keys include:

• IS_DOCKER, IS_MYSQL, IS_NEXTCLOUD
• SERVER_NAME
• BACKUP_SERVER_USERNAME, BACKUP_SERVER_PASSWORD, BACKUP_SERVER_IP, BACKUP_SERVER_DEST
• BACKUP_FILES_DIR, BACKUP_SQL_DIR
• MYSQL_USERNAME, MYSQL_PASSWORD
• BOT_ID, CHANNEL_ID
• NEXTCLOUD_OCC_USER, NEXTCLOUD_PATH
• DATABASES_DOCKER_NAME, DATABASESNAME, DATABASESUSER, DATABASES_PASSWORD,
• TOTAL_BACKUPS_TO_KEEP

Run

sudo bmanager

Cron

Example crontab entry (run daily at 02:30):

30 2 * * * bmanager > /home/USER/backup/log/backup.log 2>&1