Server/lessema/Technical documentation

On-site backup

At 23:00 an on-site copy of all databases and webserver files are saved in this location:

/var/backups/wmi/lessema.wikimedia.it

Note: the permissions of the parent directory MUST be set to 750 root:root to keep the backups not accessible by untrusted users (note: the www-data is considered not trusted).

The execution time can be edited with

crontab -e

Note: the backup script prevents duplicate executions caused by daylight saving or standard time changeover.

The backup instructions can be configured here:

/opt/micro-backup-script/backup-instructions.conf

This is the source code of our dummy backup script in use:

https://gitpull.it/source/micro-backup-script/

Off-site backups

The same script that does #On-site backup also push the backup on server ⚙️ horror in this position:

/var/backups/wmi/lessema.wikimedia.it

The users are authorized to access this location:

• 💼 civih (preferred professional contact)
• 💼 eme (secondary professional contact)
• User:Valerio Bozzolan (emergency volunteer contact)

The exact data retention is documented on server ⚙️ horror.

Other on-site backups

There is also this location with additional backups handled by 💼 civih:

/mnt/backup/databases

Script:

/root/mysql_db_backup.sh

Usually they are executed at 11:00, 15:00, 18:00. If you notice slowness in the application in these hours, consider changing or disabling this backup entry.