Tools - WordPress Make Backup

David Williamson @ Varilink Computing Ltd

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Docker Compose based tool that makes the database and WordPress archive files within the backup/ directory of a project's Docker Compose repository so the the Varilink Tools - WordPress tool can use them to restore to a simulation of the project's WordPress site running on the local, client desktop. It sources the files restored from a backup created by the Varilink Tools - WordPress Restore tool on the hub host to do this.

Contents

File(s) / Directory or Director ies	Description
docker-compose.yml docker-entrypoint.sh Dockerfile	Configuration for this tool, which is implemented as a Docker Compose service.

Installation

Install as a submodule of the Docker Compose repository for a WordPress development project at the path tools/wordpress-make-backup and concatenate this tool's docker-compose.yml file into the COMPOSE_FILE paths for the project.

Build this tool's image:

docker-compose build wp-make-backup

Usage

Run this tool:

docker-compose run --rm -e SUBDOMAIN=$SUBDOMAIN wp-make-backup

You must provide the value for $SUBDOMAIN on the command line; for example, www, staging, test, etc. Remember that first there must be restored files present on the hub host that have been created using the Varilink Tools - WordPress Restore tool.