Shell script to store a compressed backup of vital server files in the users home directory. Note: Care should be taken when using this. Consider changing the backup location.

server_backup.sh

#!/bin/sh
date=`date -I`
log_date=`date -u`

# Compress and backup /etc directory
tar -cvf ~/backup/etc-$date.tar /etc
echo "[$log_date]: Backing up /etc directory. (etc-$date.tar)" >> ~/backup/logs/_backup.txt

# Compress and backup /home directory
tar -cvzf ~/backup/home-$date.tar /home
echo "[$log_date]: Backing up /home directory. (home-$date.tar)" >> ~/backup/logs/_backup.txt

# Compress and backup /srv directory
tar -cvzf ~/backup/srv-$date.tar /srv
echo "[$log_date]: Backing up /srv directory. (srv-$date.tar)" >> ~/backup/logs/_backup.txt

# Remove backups older than 3 months
find ~/backup/ -name "*.tar" -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;
echo "[$log_date]: Removing old monthly backups." >> ~/backup/logs/_backup.txt