Self hosted ghost install automated backup script (based on http://www.allaboutghost.com/how-to-automate-backing-up-ghost/)

backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

GHOST_DATABASE=/var/www/ghost/content/data/ghost.db
BACKUP_DIR=/home/ghost/backup/allghostthemes/
BACKUP_RETENTION_PERIOD=10
LOG_FILE=/var/log/backup-allghostthemes.log
DATE=`date '+%Y/%m/%Y-%m-%d-%H-%S'`

# Make backup directory
mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR$DATE

# Stop Ghost
service ghost stop
echo "Ghost has been stopped - $DATE" >> $LOG_FILE

# Copy Ghost Database
cp $GHOST_DATABASE $BACKUP_DIR$DATE
echo "Ghost has been copied - $DATE" >> $LOG_FILE

# Start Ghost
cd /var/www/ghost/
service ghost start
echo "Ghost has been started - $DATE" >> $LOG_FILE

# Prune backup directory
find "$BACKUP_DIR" -type f -mtime $BACKUP_RETENTION_PERIOD -iname '*.db' -delete
find "$BACKUP_DIR" -type d -mtime +$BACKUP_RETENTION_PERIOD -delete
echo "Backup directory pruned - $DATE" >> $LOG_FILE