So I have a question about backup

sdetweil

@ray you do that in each module folder
the info from config.js is settings and API keys for each/all the modules

my grandson just went home from.sleepover. I can write a quick script to backup and restore

karsten13

see also https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/14255/what-is-your-backup-and-restore-method

sdetweil

@ray i created two scripts mm_backup and mm_restore
you can get them here

they write/read from a folder (defaults to ~/MM_backup )

using ~/MagicMirror as the source (default)

(but take parms to change the names) see mm_backup.sh -h

this creates a git repository of the 2 files and creates a tag (label) for the instance of the backup.

you should create a (free) private repo (to keep any config settings private) on github and push the local repo there to have an offline backup
then u can clone it anytime and restore from the appropriate tag (date/time)

mumblebaj

@sdetweil
Hi Sam. Here? I checked your Github and nothing there either. Or maybe I am missed it?

sdetweil

@mumblebaj doah!!.. forgot the link

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

mumblebaj

@sdetweil Awesome. Thanks Sam. Always nice work from you.

mumblebaj

@sdetweil When I ran the mm_backup.sh I saw this error but it created the output in the MM_backup folder as expected.

usage: git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [<directory>]

    --template <template-directory>
                          directory from which templates will be used
    --bare                create a bare repository
    --shared[=<permissions>]
                          specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users
    -q, --quiet           be quiet
    --separate-git-dir <gitdir>
                          separate git dir from working tree

Is this because of some options that I did not specify? After the output was created I just manually pushed to a private directory on git.

sdetweil

@mumblebaj probably git version before 2.28

the primary branch name option didn’t come in til 2.28. 0

i have

git --version
git version 2.34.1

I will add a check…

to upgrade git (don’t do it for these scripts… I have fixed the script to not need this capability, just documenting how)

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git -y

sdetweil

@mumblebaj I pushed a change to set the primary branch name a different way…

give it a try

backup to some other folder (and then u can delete that folder)

./mm_backup.sh -b somefolder

just pushed a change to create the output folder if it doesn’t exist, instead of error…

mumblebaj

@sdetweil Awesome. That was clean.

mumblebaj

@sdetweil My git version is 2.20.1. Guess I need to update it.

sdetweil

@mumblebaj said in So I have a question about backup:

Guess I need to update it.

only if u need something

mumblebaj

@sdetweil Right now, not. MM runs perfect as is. I’ll leave it for now. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

sdetweil

@mumblebaj i don’t want to force people to upgrade, thanks for the report and test results

mumblebaj

@sdetweil No worries and a pleasure.

Ray

@sdetweil hey thanks a lot. I appreciate that
I will definitely check it out
I kind of made my own. It’s very basic but seems to do the trick
it is menu-driven so I can choose which modules I want to backup or restore
I’m fairly new at writing scripts. They are a lot of fun

sdetweil

@ray said in So I have a question about backup:

I’m fairly new at writing scripts. They are a lot of fun

yes, indeed… i learn new stuff all the time (like parameter handling this time)

Assassins

Or you Can backup the Hole disk up with :
https://github.com/The-Exterminator/PiShrink-to-Crontab

Ray

@sdetweil sorry it’s been so long since I replied to this form.
So I wanted to just let you know I did make my own backup and restore scripts.
The backup is pretty simple. It just makes a copy of my modules folder and stores it in a safe place.

The restore is a little bit different. It will restore the module folder to its original location and then use npm install in each folder.
It worked perfectly

I tested it Under virtual disk. I install magic. Mayor the traditional way and then use my restore program and it worked perfectly.

I wanted to thank you for all your help and your ideas

sdetweil

@ray no problem… the fact that you have backup and restore is the good thing…