CNC Simulator Italia
Backup System

14. System Administration

Backup System

The system uses Spatie Laravel Backup to create automatic backups of database and files, ensuring data security and recovery capabilities when needed.

📦 Backup Configuration

  • Backup folder: /home/achille616/backups/cnc-ecommerce
  • Database backup frequency: Every 6 hours (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00)
  • Full backup frequency: Daily at 02:00
  • Automatic cleanup: Daily at 03:00
  • Retention: Keeps all backups for 7 days
  • Notifications: Email to info@cncsimulator.it for success/errors

Available Commands

Create a Manual Backup

# Full backup (database + files)
cd /var/www/cnc-ecommerce && php artisan backup:run

# Database only
cd /var/www/cnc-ecommerce && php artisan backup:run --only-db

# Files only
cd /var/www/cnc-ecommerce && php artisan backup:run --only-files

List Available Backups

cd /var/www/cnc-ecommerce && php artisan backup:list

Clean Old Backups

cd /var/www/cnc-ecommerce && php artisan backup:clean

Monitor Backup Status

cd /var/www/cnc-ecommerce && php artisan backup:monitor

⚡ Manual Backup Before Critical Operations

Before important updates or database changes, always run a manual backup:

cd /var/www/cnc-ecommerce && php artisan backup:run --only-db