Simple full backup IOT database
*** This applies for 1 1.4 version influxDB ***
see https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.4/administration/backup_and_restore/
Script for backup to mounted NAS directory
#!/bin/bash
set -x
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# (c) DL2SBA 25.08.2018
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# Unmount the shar
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umount -v /mnt/backup
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# Mount the network share
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MOUNT_SOURCE="//<ipadr>/backup"
MOUNT_TARGET="/mnt/backup"
MOUNT_USER="<user>"
MOUNT_PASSWD="<pass>"
mount -v -t cifs -o user=$MOUNT_USER,password=$MOUNT_PASSWD,rw,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,uid=$MOUNT_USER,gid=users $MOUNT_SOURCE $MOUNT_TARGET
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# backup the influx database IOT
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TARGETDIR=$MOUNT_TARGET/INFLUX/` date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`
influxd backup $TARGETDIR
influxd backup -database "iot" $TARGETDIR
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# Unmount the network share
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umount -v /mnt/backup
Daily backup
Add this line to the crontab of root
0 5 * * * /home/dietmar/bin/backupInflux.sh | /usr/bin/logger -t influxbackup