Restoring order

[bitroniq]

I used the docker image to my wordpress stack. When I restore I see:

➜  wordtest docker exec wordtest_backup_1 restore 20181004                      
deleting files from /var/www/html/                                              
restoring files from /backups/backup_20181004.tar.gz to /var/www/html           
restoring data from mysql dump file /backups/backup_20181004.sql.bz2            
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
Finished: SUCCESS                                                               

As far as I know, that's the wrong approach for backup/restore and the whole disaster recovery.

• First you need to restore, make sure there is no error.
• Then delete the current data.
• Then move the restored data to the working directory. Not a big change and still simple.

Of course there is also other approach, but that's too mach for simple backup/restore:

• Restore the files to new dir (with data suffix for example)
• Rename original directory with .bak suffix
• Make the workdir a symlink to restored dir

[angelo-v]

I think you are right about that, though I have to confess it is not my top priority to implement it at the moment. But definitely something to be done.

[bitroniq]

@angelo-v sure, I got that :-) Anyway good job, backups are working on production for a long time now.