https://github.com/kennedy-was-taken/database

https://github.com/kennedy-was-taken/database

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kennedy-was-taken/database
• Owner: Kennedy-was-taken
• Created: 2025-01-04T14:31:56.000Z (5 days ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-04T17:44:36.000Z (5 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-04T18:32:04.747Z (5 days ago)
• Language: C#
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# Database Backup

This C# console application provides a convenient interface for manually backing up your Microsoft SQL Server databases.

## Prerequisites

Requirements for the software to work

1. Download and install ASP.NET Core Runtime 9.0.0

2. Download and install SQL Server

## Features:

1. **User-Driven Backups**: Easily initiate database backups on demand.

2. **User-Friendly Interface**: Intuitive console interface for easy navigation and execution.

3. **NET 9 Framework**: Built on the latest .NET framework for optimal performance and compatibility.

4. **SQL Server Support**: Currently supports Microsoft SQL Server databases. Support for other databases will be added in future releases.

## Installing

A step by step series of examples that will show you how to get program to run on CLI from anywhere

1. **Clone the repository:**

    1.1. Clone the repository onto your local machine at root level

        https://github.com/Kennedy-was-taken/database.git

    1.2. You can delete the TestDatabase folder as there is no need for that folder

2. **Set up environment:**

    2.1. Copy the path where the is found database.exe. example :

        \database\database\bin\Debug\net9.0

    2.2. Open run `win + r`

    ![run](./images/command.png)

    2.3. Type `sysdm.cpl` to open system properties, click on the Advance tab. Under the Advance tab, click on the Environment Vairable button.

    ![command](./images/environment.png)

    2.4. Under the system variable, select "Path" and click the edit button.

    ![select](./images/path.png)

    

    2.5. Click the "New" button and paste in the relative path you copied and click "OK" to accept all changes.

    ![add_path](./images/setPath.png)

    2.6. Now the program can be called from anywhere by typing `database` on the CLI

3. **Set up DataBase Configuration:**

  3.1. Open the file appsetting.json found here 

    "C:\database\database\appsettings.json"

  3.2. Replace the "Server" name with your Sql server name, replace "User ID" with your account username and replace "Password" with the account user's password

  ![jsonFile](./images/json.png)

 ## Backup file location

The generated backup file .bak will be stored in the default Backup location e.g :

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup

 ## Future Updates

 Well be working on adding Postgre and Oracle next.