Creates a cold backup of Alfresco

alfrescoBackup.sh

#
# Cold backup of Alfresco.
#

# Configuration.
ALF_HOME="/path/to/alfresco"
NUM_DUMP=10
ALF_DATA_SUBDIR="alf_data"
DB_TYPE="postgresql"
DBNAME="alfresco"
DBUSER="alfresco"

# Check
if [ -d "$1" ]; then
  TARGET_FOLDER="$1"
  CURRENT_FOLDER="$(pwd)"
  TIMESTAMP="$(date +%F_%H-%M)"
  CHECK=1

  # 1) Alfresco stop.
  service alfresco stop

  # 2) Backup of the Alfresco database.
  DB_DUMP=${TIMESTAMP}_alfresco_${DB_TYPE}.tar
  if [ "$DB_TYPE" = "postgresql" ]; then
    cd $TARGET_FOLDER
    export PGPASSWORD="youralfrescodbpwd"
    #echo "db.dump 'pg_dump -Ft -b -w -U $DBUSER $DBNAME > $TARGET_FOLDER/$DB_DUMP'"
    pg_dump -Ft -b -w -U $DBUSER $DBNAME > $TARGET_FOLDER/$DB_DUMP
    cd $CURRENT_FOLDER
    if [ ! -f "$TARGET_FOLDER/$DB_DUMP" ]; then
      CHECK=0
    fi
  else
    echo "Unknown database type '${DB_TYPE}'"
    CHECK=0
  fi

  # 3) Backup of Alfresco data folder.
  if [ "$CHECK" = 1 ]; then
    ALF_DUMP=${TIMESTAMP}_alfresco_data.tgz
    cd $ALF_HOME
    tar zcf $TARGET_FOLDER/$ALF_DUMP $ALF_DATA_SUBDIR
    cd $CURRENT_FOLDER
    if [ ! -f "$TARGET_FOLDER/$ALF_DUMP" ]; then
      CHECK=0
    fi
  fi

  # 4) Merge the database and contentstore backups.
  if [ "$CHECK" = 1 ]; then
    BACKUP_FILE="${TIMESTAMP}_alfresco_dump.tgz"
    cd $TARGET_FOLDER
    tar zcf $BACKUP_FILE $ALF_DUMP $DB_DUMP
    if [ ! -f "$BACKUP_FILE" ]; then
      CHECK=0
    else
      rm $ALF_DUMP
      rm $DB_DUMP
    fi
    cd $CURRENT_FOLDER
  fi

  # 5) Alfresco start.
  service alfresco start

  # 6) Delete previous dumps older than a certains number of days.
  if [ "$CHECK" = 1 ]; then
    find $TARGET_FOLDER/*.tgz -type f -mtime +${NUM_DUMP} -exec rm {} \;
  fi

else
  echo "usage: $0 [targetPath]"
fi

# ./alfrescoBackup.sh /path/to/backup/folder
# 
# origin @FrkCorti