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    1 = Trac Backup =
     1= Trac Backup
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    23[[TracGuideToc]]
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    4 Since Trac uses a database backend, some extra care is required to safely create a backup of a [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment]. Luckily, [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] has a command to make backups easier: `hotcopy`.
     5Trac backups are a copied snapshot of the entire [TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the database. Backups can be created using the `hotcopy` command of [TracAdmin trac-admin].
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    6   ''Note: Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers.''
     7'''Note''': Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers.
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    8 == Creating a Backup ==
     9== Creating a Backup
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    10 To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment, simply run:
    11 {{{
    12 
    13   $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv hotcopy /path/to/backupdir
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     11Create a backup of a live TracEnvironment by running:
     12{{{#!sh
     13$ trac-admin /path/to/projenv hotcopy /path/to/backupdir
    1514}}}
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    17 [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] will lock the database while copying.''
     16The database will be locked while hotcopy is running.
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    1918The resulting backup directory is safe to handle using standard file-based backup tools like `tar` or `dump`/`restore`.
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    21 Please, note, that hotcopy command does not overwrite target directory and when such exists, hotcopy ends with error: `Command failed: [Errno 17] File exists:` This is discussed in [trac:ticket:3198 #3198].
     20Please note, the `hotcopy` command will not overwrite a target directory. When the target exists the operation will end with an error: `Command failed: [Errno 17] File exists:` This is discussed in [trac:#3198 #3198].
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    23 === Restoring a Backup ===
     22== Restoring a Backup
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    25 Backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the SQLite database.
     24To restore an environment from a backup, stop the process running Trac, ie the web server or [TracStandalone tracd], restore the contents of your backup to your [TracEnvironment project environment] directory and restart the process.
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    27 To restore an environment from a backup, stop the process running Trac (i.e. the Web server or [wiki:TracStandalone tracd]), restore the contents of your backup (path/to/backupdir) to your [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory and restart the service.
     26If you are using a database other than SQLite, you'll need to restore the database from the dump file. The dump file is saved in the environment `db` directory.
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     28To restore a PostgreSQL database backup, use the command:
     29{{{#!sh
     30$ psql -U <user> -d <database> -f /path/to/postgresql.dump
     31}}}
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     33The `<database>` option is the same as the [TracEnvironment#DatabaseConnectionStrings database connection string] in the [TracIni#trac-database-option "[trac] database"] option of the project's `trac.ini` file.
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     35Similarly, for MySQL:
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     37{{{#!sh
     38$ mysql -u <user> -p <database> < /path/to/mysql.dump
     39}}}
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    30 See also: TracAdmin, TracEnvironment, TracGuide, [trac:TracMigrate TracMigrate]
     42See also: TracAdmin, TracEnvironment, [trac:TracMigrate TracMigrate]