[wp-hackers] How do you guys back up Wordpress sites?

[Quincy Kwende]

With shared hosts like Hostmonster you can get a dedicated IP in order to use ssh 


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On 12 mars 2014, at 18:59, Marcell Tisdol <marcell at tisdol.com> wrote:

> Usually shared host (hostmonster, hostgator) don't allow ssh access?
> 
> the script goes along the lines of
> 
> cd {website directory}
> tar -zcvf httpdocs.tar.gz {website directory}
> {do what I want :) Move to Amazon s3, another server, download}
> 
> I wrote a script last summer and published it
> 
> https://github.com/marcelltisdol/StashHouse.sh
> 
> We host all of out sites on mediatemple so it's geared more towards that
> crowd. However, if you modify it to your system it should work. Lemme know
> :)
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Marcell,
>> 
>> Do you ever do this on shared hosting where you're just another user?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> SteveT
>> 
>> Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
>> Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:43:27 -0400
>> Marcell Tisdol <marcell at tisdol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey Steve,
>>> 
>>> That is one way of doing it. I usually ssh into the server, tar the
>>> directory, log into mysql, dump the database and do what I wish with
>>> it...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Steve Litt
>>> <slitt at troubleshooters.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> How do you guys back up Wordpress sites? Do you just back
>>>> up the /var/www/blog (or whatever) and then use mysqldump to back up
>>>> the Wordpress database?
>>>> 
>>>> Would the preceding work on a server where you're just one of many
>>>> users (like Bluehost, etc)? If not, how do you do it there, and how
>>>> do you test the restorability of your backup?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> SteveT
>>>> 
>>>> Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
>>>> Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance
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