Backup frequency
File backups
These are run every 24 hours, and stored locally for a total of 3 days.
Database backups
These are run every 24 hours, and stored locally for a total of 7 days.
MySQL hot backups are disabled by default, this feature of MageStack is to facilitate making database backups at very frequent interval (every 15 minutes) and retain at least 2 copies for rapid restoration. This helps in lowering RPO considerably. Hot backups are stored on the db
server and so are not accessible to the end user.
Configuration backups
These are run every 24 hours, and stored locally for a total of 14 days. These files are encrypted and can only be decrypted by a support team member.
Accessing backups
They can be accessed via SSH, SCP, SFTP or FTP in the following directory
/microcloud/backups_ro
The folder structure is arranged by type, then date, read more about the folder structure.
! Backups are read-only – you cannot delete them. If you need to extract a file, copy it elsewhere first
Off-site storage
This is an optional service managed by our support team. If you require off-site storage of your backups, please contact sales.
Excluded content
The following paths/file types are excluded from the backup routines to maximise storage space.
*.tar
*.tar.gz
*.tgz
*.bz2
*.bzip
*.7z
*.rar
*.zip
*~
*.old
*.bak
*.tmp
*.temp
*.part
*.lck
svn
includes/src/*
catalog/product/cache/*
var/cache/*
var/session/*
var/report/*
var/cache/tmp/*
var/log/*
/*/home
/*/bin
/*/dev
/*/etc
/*/lib
/*/lib64
/*/logs
/*/sbin
/*/tmp
/*/usr
/*/var
/*/version
/*/proc
/example
lost+found