BackupBuddy Site Setup

Install and activate the BackupBuddy plugin, then go to BackupBuddy > Settings, and make the following changes to each section.

On “General Settings” tab:

General

• ImportBuddy Password: assign a strong password. Record it in the site notes, you’ll need it in a moment.

Email Notifications

• Send notification after period of no backups: set to “2” days.
• Error notification recipient(s): set to “backups@webmagic.studio”.

Local Archive Storage Limits

• Age limit of local backups: set to “2”.
• Limit number of backups to keep by type: set to “2”.
• Limit total number of local backups to keep: set to “2”.

Click “Save General Settings”.

On “Advanced Settings / Troubleshooting” tab:

Basic Operation

• Backup file name date/time: set to “Date + time (24hr format)”.
• Limit to one action per cron pass: unchecked.
• Hide “Stash Live” from menu: checked.
• Attempt to override PHP max execution time: checked.
• Maximum time per chunk: set to “295”.

Logging

• Maximum main log file size: Set to “10” MB.

Technical & Server Compatibility

• Reschedule missing crons in manual backups: checked.

Database

• Compatibility mode max rows per select: set to “100000” (one-hundred thousand).

Click “Save Advanced Settings”.

Use menu to go to Settings > iThemes Licensing. In the “iThemes Username” field, enter “scott_thomason”; in the “Password” field enter “IbZ87j54!MQh”. Click “License Products”.

Log into server backup1.webmagic.studio as root:

ssh root@backup1.webmagic.studio

Create a new user with the same user-id as the site’s system user-id in Gridpane. Assign the same password you created at the beginning of this procedure. Then add that user to the “bkup” group. Finally, create a directory under /backup/ and assign ownership to the user.

adduser userid
adduser userid bkup
mkdir /backup/userid/
chown userid.userid /backup/userid/

Back at the website, use the menu to go to BackupBuddy > Destinations and follow these steps:

• Click on the “sFTP” destination type. That will take you to a page full of destination options.
• Destination name: Enter “/backup/userid”.
• Server address: Enter “backup1.webmagic.studio”.
• Username: Enter “userid”.
• Password: Enter the password you recorded earlier.
• Remote path (optional): Not optional. Enter “/backup/userid”.

Click the “Test Settings” button. If the test worked, it will tell you so in a popup. Close the popup and save by clicking “Add Destination”.

Use the WordPress menu and go to BackupBuddy > Schedules. Delete the default schedules that are already there. That will leave you at the Add New Schedule page. Fill in these fields:

• Schedule name: “Nightly”.
• Backup profile: “Complete Backup (full)”.
• Backup interval: “Once Daily”.
• Date/time of next run: Click the field and a calendar dialog will pop up. Use the sliders to adjust the time to 11:00PM.
• Delete local backup file after remote send success: Checked.
• Schedule enabled? Checked.

Click the “+ Add New Schedule” button.

Use the WordPress menu and go to BackupBuddy > Backup. In the section labelled “Choose a backup profile to run:”:

• Click the checkbox to enable “Send to remote destination as part of backup process.” That will pop up a window with options.
• Check to enable “Delete local backup after successful delivery?”
• Start the destination by clicking the big “/backup/userid” button.
• Start the backup by clicking the “Complete Backup” button.