Script to backup docker compose files

create-docker-compose-backup.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# Backup of docker compose configuration files
#
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# What to backup. 
backup_files="/srv"

# Where to backup to.
dest="/mnt/docker-compose-backup"
mkdir -p $dest

# Create archive filename
month=$(date +%m)
hostname=$(hostname -s)
archive_file="$hostname-$month-docker-compose-backup.tgz"

# Print start status message.
echo "Backing up $backup_files to $dest/$archive_file"
date
echo

# Backup the files using tar.
tar --exclude='*.db*' -czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files

# Print end status message.
echo
echo "Backup finished"
date

# Long listing of files in $dest to check file sizes.
ls -lh $dest