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How to safely backup jira-home automatically in Linux Server?

jachiev

Hello,

Context:

I have a Jira Server instance running on a Linux server. I want every night the jira-home directory is backup in an X destination of the server. But as I want that to be automatic, I don't want to stop the Jira service to do this procedure.

As you know this jira-home directory is a "live" directory, it has a constant change in the files while the application runs.

I want to set up a cron job for this process, using the "rsycn" or "tar" command for that. where the source directory is the "live" directory home from jira.

My question is, is it safe to run any of these commands under a "live" source directory?

Data is not compromised/missing/corrupted?

If you have a better idea of how to achieve such a goal, I listen.

Thanks!

Accepted answers

Pramodh M

Hi @jachiev

It's not recommended to run tar.

Why?

Although it doesn't affect the running Jira process, as there will be write operations to Jira home directory and at that moment you are running tar, there will be some oddities (there might be duplicated files, missing files)

I recommend going with the Jira-backed zip file and if you can increase the resource of that server, that would suffice.

Thanks,
Pramodh

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Pramodh M

Hi @jachiev

It's not recommended to run tar.

Why?

I recommend going with the Jira-backed zip file and if you can increase the resource of that server, that would suffice.

Thanks,
Pramodh

jachiev

Hello @Pramodh M

So you mean that I should use the automatic export system from JIRA software that exports XML backup into a zip file at <jira-home>/export?

I was thinking the same thing, But I also want to keep a backup on the attachments.

or did I misunderstood the solution?

thanks!

Pramodh M

Hi @jachiev

If attachments are there - copy the attachments folder too, and once you import the zip file into a newly installed instance, all attachments will there.

Thanks,
Pramodh

jachiev

Hi @Pramodh M

Oh, I see.

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

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