Back up the main platform elements

This page describes how to perform a basic backup of the platform. You could use this when you are performing a minor upgrade or in addition to VM snapshots for a major upgrade

Before you begin:

Stop platform services

Check you have enough space on your destination systems before you start the backup

To perform a basic backup of the platform, run the following backups:

Back up MySQL

mysqldump --routines --triggers kinton > kinton_dump_`date +%d%m%y`.sql
mysqldump --routines --triggers kinton_accounting > kinton_accounting_dump_`date +%d%m%y`.sql

Back up Redis
```
redis-cli
lastsave
bgsave
lastsave
```
Back up the contents of opt abiquo
```
tar cvfz opt-abiquo.tgz /opt/abiquo
```

Backup user interface

tar cvfz var-www-html-ui.tgz /var/www/html/ui

When the backup steps are done, store the resulting files in a secure location.

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