On 2020-05-30 07:49, Admin Beckspaced wrote:
Am 29.05.2020 um 17:37 schrieb Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay:
Hi,
I want to do a simple backup of my maildir. I read here that
maildirlock is not to count on in the future and the recommended
option was to use doveadm backup. However, it seems that this requires
to setup another dovecot server.
My questions are:
- How much to I need to configure this new server? Do I need to setup
user by user, or even install postfix (that's where my users are
configured) to get it all backed up? I tried to install dovecot and
running doveadm backup, but it complains the users are not there.
- What's the simplest way to configure dovecot without mirrowing my
server so that this can work?
Best,
Francis
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Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay
Oslo, Norway
Hello Francis,
I also have maildir as mailbox format and use the following script to
do daily backups
https://github.com/tachtler/dovecot-backup
There's also a more detailed how-to which explains how to do a restore.
But it's only in german language
https://www.dokuwiki.tachtler.net/doku.php?id=tachtler:dovecot_backup_-_skript
Google Translate is your friend ;)
perhaps this might help?
greetings
Becki
Thanks a lot Becki. I read your script, but the thing is that I want to
backup to a remote server. Your script seems to be focused on a local
backup. Did I get it right? But it still gives me a good idea of a
possibility of backing up locally and rsyncing to another server.
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Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay
Oslo, Norway
