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Automated backup of git repositories

Roy Nard_9ph8v7

I am looking for standardized way, or close to standardized way (maybe using bitbucket's API) to make periodic backups of our git repos.

What are sane alternatives for this?

Assume that we already have a machine and storage in a safe location that can poll for changes and clone repos.

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Aron Gombas _Midori_

We do this (and I know a few others do the same). We developed a dead-simple script that "git pulls" all our repositories from Bitbucket Cloud and then "git pushes" them to GitHub. And we put this to a regular Linux CRON job and run in every 5 minutes.

Basically, we have a perfect copy of all repos with the max latency of 5 minutes. It works flawlessly. Bonus: if Bitbucket Cloud were down, we could continue collaboraing on GitHub.

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Aron Gombas _Midori_

Basically, we have a perfect copy of all repos with the max latency of 5 minutes. It works flawlessly. Bonus: if Bitbucket Cloud were down, we could continue collaboraing on GitHub.

Roy Nard_9ph8v7

Great to hear - this is a generic solution not using the Bitbucket API.
If you think that this solution is optimal and have maybe checked the API a bit for "better flows" then that would save me some time on research before implementation.

Aron Gombas _Midori_

To be honest, I haven't checked if there are better, Bitbucket Cloud specific solution to the problem.

Why? I was looking for a solution that I can use by backup our Bitbucket Cloud, Bitbucket Data Center, other_potential_Git_hosting_service_here repositories with a single script. Also I didn't want to touch the script if the API introduces breaking changes. In fact, low cost, simplicity and robustness are key advantages of my approach. (I ever have to throw it out, we may waste a few hours max.)

Roy Nard_9ph8v7

Makes sense.
Either way, thanks for the quick answer.

My approach will probably be generic although I will use some programming language with lib to Prometheus so I can monitor the backup process and available server storage.

Many thanks,

Daria Kulikova_GitProtect.io

Hi @Roy Nard ,

You can take a look at GitProtect.io, an automated backup & DR software for Bitbucket. With the solution, you can set a scheduler for your backups to be performed automatically. Moreover, the solution permits you to bring your own storage.

You can find out more about the GitProtect on the Atlassian Marketplace: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225728/gitprotect-io-backup-for-bitbucket?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

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