#!/bin/bash # a simple script that backs up the opensim database assets. #hmmm: need to parameterize for the database name and secrets file and all that. # would be nice to have a block of opensim variables, perhaps an associative # array of config chunks. source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh" host=$(echo $(hostname) | sed -e 's/\([^.]*\)\..*/\1/') bkupname="backup-osgrid_${host}_$(date_stringer).mysql_bkup" mysqldump -u griduser -p$(cat $HOME/.secrets/opensim_db_password.txt) opengrid > "$bkupname" # note that the above assumes the database is called "opensim". it might be # called opengrid instead, based on the setup procedure that was followed. # likewise the user might be someone other than "griduser". gzip "$bkupname"