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It connects to your database creates a dump and\nupload it to your personal dropbox.\n\nTested in digital ocean droplets.\n\n# Dependencies\n* Ruby\n* Crontab\n\n# Quick installation (Recommended)\n\nBackups are installed by running one of the following commands in your terminal. You can install this via the command-line with either curl or wget.\n\nvia curl\n```\n$ sh -c \"$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codn/database_backup/standalone/install.sh)\"\n```\nvia wget\n```\n$ sh -c \"$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codn/database_backup/standalone/install.sh -O -)\"\n```\n\n# Manual installation\nRun\n```\ngem install dropbox-sdk-v2\nrvm cron setup\ngit clone https://github.com/codn/dropbox-database-backup.git ~/dropbox-database-backup\n```\n\n[Create a dropbox app](https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create) (if you dont have one yet):\n* Choose dropbox-api\n* Choose app-folder\n* Allow oauth redirect to http://localhost\n\nGenerate your ACCESS TOKEN entering the next url (replacing `YOUR_APP_KEY` with the dropbox app key):\n\n```\nhttps://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=YOUR_APP_KEY\u0026response_type=token\u0026redirect_uri=http://localhost\n# You're going to be redirect to http://localhost/access_token=COMPLETE-ACCESS-TOKEN\u0026token-type=bearer\n# Copy your COMPLETE-ACCESS-TOKEN\n```\n\nRun:\n\n```\ncrontab -e\n```\n\nAppend your crontab\n\n***Make sure script path is correct***\n\n```\n# run every day at 2:30 am\n30 2 * * * ruby /home/deploy/dropbox-database-backup/backup.rb \u003e\u003e /home/deploy/dropbox-database-backup/backup-cron.log 2\u003e\u00261\n\n# run every minute (to test it works)\n* * * * * ruby /home/deploy/dropbox-database-backup/backup.rb \u003e\u003e /home/deploy/dropbox-database-backup/backup-cron.log 2\u003e\u00261\n```\n\nRbenv users: use your user ruby to run the command. No other setup required: `/home/deploy/.rbenv/shims/ruby /home/deploy/dropbox-database-backup/backup.rb \u003e\u003e /home/deploy/dropbox-database-backup/backup-cron.log 2\u003e\u00261`\n\n# Usage\n\nUpdate variables\n```\nnano ~/dropbox-database-backup/backup.rb\n```\n* `db_to_backup`\n* `db_user`\n* `db_pass`\n* `acess_token`\n\n# Recovering database\n\nYoure database is now being backed up in your dropbox and can be restored with:\n***Your database (and schemas) must exist with their tables truncated***\n```\n# Whatever the database and your backup names are.\n$ pg_restore -C -d database_name 2016-02-24T05_12_01-05_00.pg_dump.tar\n```\n\n```\n$ pg_restore -C -d database_name 2016-02-24T05_12_01-05_00.pg_dump.tar\n```\n\nIssues and pull requests to improve documentation or code are welcome.\n\n# MySQL Support\n\nIf creating a dump for a MySQL database. 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