diff --git a/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_backups.diviner b/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_backups.diviner index 1f13e0e17f..9776448216 100644 --- a/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_backups.diviner +++ b/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_backups.diviner @@ -1,147 +1,153 @@ @title Configuring Backups and Performing Migrations @group config Advice for backing up Phabricator, or migrating from one machine to another. Overview ======== Phabricator does not currently have a comprehensive backup system, but creating backups is not particularly difficult and Phabricator does have a few basic tools which can help you set up a reasonable process. In particular, the things which needs to be backed up are: - the MySQL databases; - hosted repositories; - uploaded files; and - your Phabricator configuration files. This document discusses approaches for backing up this data. If you are migrating from one machine to another, you can generally follow the same steps you would if you were creating a backup and then restoring it, you will just backup the old machine and then restore the data onto the new machine. +WARNING: You need to restart Phabricator after restoring data. + +Restarting Phabricator after performing a restore makes sure that caches are +flushed properly. For complete instructions, see +@{article:Restarting Phabricator}. + Backup: MySQL Databases ======================= Most of Phabricator's data is stored in MySQL, and it's the most important thing to back up. You can run `bin/storage dump` to get a dump of all the MySQL databases. This is a convenience script which just runs a normal `mysqldump`, but will only dump databases Phabricator owns. Since most of this data is compressible, it may be helpful to run it through gzip prior to storage. For example: phabricator/ $ ./bin/storage dump | gzip > backup.sql.gz Then store the backup somewhere safe, like in a box buried under an old tree stump. No one will ever think to look for it there. Restore: MySQL ============== To restore a MySQL dump, just pipe it to `mysql` on a clean host. (You may need to uncompress it first, if you compressed it prior to storage.) $ gunzip -c backup.sql.gz | mysql Backup: Hosted Repositories =========================== If you host repositories in Phabricator, you should back them up. You can use `bin/repository list-paths` to show the local paths on disk for each repository. To back them up, copy them elsewhere. You can also just clone them and keep the clones up to date, or use {nav Add Mirror} to have the mirror somewhere automatically. Restore: Hosted Repositories ============================ To restore hosted repositories, copy them back into the correct locations as shown by `bin/repository list-paths`. Backup: Uploaded Files ====================== Uploaded files may be stored in several different locations. The backup procedure depends on where files are stored: **Default / MySQL**: Under the default configuration, uploaded files are stored in MySQL, so the MySQL backup will include all files. In this case, you don't need to do any additional work. **Amazon S3**: If you use Amazon S3, redundancy and backups are built in to the service. This is probably sufficient for most installs. If you trust Amazon with your data //except not really//, you can backup your S3 bucket outside of Phabricator. **Local Disk**: If you use the local disk storage engine, you'll need to back up files manually. You can do this by creating a copy of the root directory where you told Phabricator to put files (the `storage.local-disk.path` configuration setting). For more information about configuring how files are stored, see @{article:Configuring File Storage}. Restore: Uploaded Files ======================= To restore a backup of local disk storage, just copy the backup into place. Backup: Configuration Files =========================== You should also backup your configuration files, and any scripts you use to deploy or administrate Phabricator (like a customized upgrade script). The best way to do this is to check them into a private repository somewhere and just use whatever backup process you already have in place for repositories. Just copying them somewhere will work fine too, of course. In particular, you should backup this configuration file which Phabricator creates: phabricator/conf/local/local.json This file contains all of the configuration settings that have been adjusted by using `bin/config set `. Restore: Configuration Files ============================ To restore configuration files, just copy them into the right locations. Copy your backup of `local.json` to `phabricator/conf/local/local.json`. Security ======== MySQL dumps have no builtin encryption and most data in Phabricator is stored in a raw, accessible form, so giving a user access to backups is a lot like giving them shell access to the machine Phabricator runs on. In particular, a user who has the backups can: - read data that policies do not permit them to see; - read email addresses and object secret keys; and - read other users' session and conduit tokens and impersonate them. Some of this information is durable, so disclosure of even a very old backup may present a risk. If you restrict access to the Phabricator host or database, you should also restrict access to the backups. Next Steps ========== Continue by: - returning to the @{article:Configuration Guide}.