minebackup.sh - Edited for use of /mnt/mchost-backups and mark2 sessions BROKEN

Bash script to backup Minecraft servers using rdiff-backup CPU and I/O friendly.

Commands

minebackup backup [full]             Backup the server.
minebackup listbackups               List current incremental backups.
minebackup restore [<MINUTES>/now]   Restore to snapshot [MINUTES] ago. ("now" for the latest)
minebackup crons                     List configured cronjobs.

Configuration

This script uses bash environment variables to store settings. Run settings.sh with the adjusted values for each server before running the script

Make sure you made all adjustments as your needs for the following variables:

• SESSIONNAME
• SERVERDIR
• BACKUPDIR
• FULLBACKUP
• BACKUP_QUOTA_MiB

You can also override:

• RUNBACKUP_NICE (${BIN_NICE} -n19 by default)
• RUNBACKUP_IONICE (${BIN_IONICE} -c 3 by default)
• SAY_BACKUP_START (Backup started... by default)
• SAY_BACKUP_FINISHED (Backup successfully finished. by default)

Installation

Bash script

cd /usr/local/src
git clone https://github.com/ethanbayliss/minebackup.git
ln -s /usr/local/src/minebackup/minebackup.sh /usr/bin/minebackup
#In my case I am using a mounted drive that is rcloned to gdrive every night
mkdir -p /mnt/mchost-backups/minecraft
chown -R ${USER} /mnt/mchost-backups/

Cron job examples

To open the crontab in your default editor:

crontab -e

---

Differential backup every 15 minutes, fullbackup every day at 0:00 am:

*/15 * * * * /opt/minecraft/backupsettings.sh && minebackup backup
0 0 * * * /opt/minecraft/backupsettings.sh && minebackup backup full

Differential backup every 5 minutes, fullbackup 2 days at 5:30 am:

*/5 * * * * /opt/minecraft/backupsettings.sh && minebackup backup
30 5 */2 * * /opt/minecraft/backupsettings.sh && minebackup backup full

Differential backup every 30 minutes, fullbackup every 7 days at 6:45 pm:

*/30 * * * * /opt/minecraft/backupsettings.sh && minebackup backup
45 18 */7 * * /opt/minecraft/backupsettings.sh && minebackup backup full

Dependencies

You need rdiff-backup, nice, ionice and tar binaries to use all features of minebackup.sh:

apt-get install rdiff-backup tar

(nice and ionice are preinstalled on Debian derivates)