Additional options for backup/resotre

It seems that you want to add folders and files to the backup that are'nt included by default and then scp it over to another server. These options are currently available. Check out the AMPPROVROOT and SSHBACKUP options in amportal.conf.

I realize it's there, and I currently have a custom script that is used to do this backup functionality. But the real reason why I wanted it in this module is for PBX migration purposes, to make it easier for a non-technical (non-ssh access) admin to be able to take a "full" backup of their PBX, from a single spot... or for people with multiple PBX's to be able to configure their backups in the web interface, and that way, when the restore is completed on a new machine, the identical backups can be configured without needing to "find/re-create" the backup scripts.. freepbx would already have them in the DB.

And actually, that leads me to additional feature that would be nice. 1. The ability to download the backups directly from this web interface. (again, for a non-technical person to be able to easily get an offline backup). 2. Email Notification at the end of the backup job to an email address (or addresses) configured in the job showing results, or just a "freepbx backup completed, file saved as /x/x/x/XYZ.tar.gz"

I would even be willing to donate some of my coding time on this issue, as I think it would be beneficial for others, and I can write this code, if necessary.

(This feature request is not directly for me, I am a RHCE, and have more than enough skills to accomplish this task via bash/perl/amportal.conf/etc, but rather as a convenience methodology for others peace of mind who utilize freepbx and are not as technical)

Let me know.

So you want to see these options in the gui...hmm... Well guess what? Me to! By all means, if you can donate your resources it will be greatly appreciated. If you have any coding questions feel free to pop in to #freepbx-dev on irc.freenode.net to chat with a hard working (and under paid !) project dev.

Also see Ticket 2358. I know that some of what I had asked for is now available via the AMPPROVROOT variable. I'll also second having a GUI to enter or select the info. Specially for selecting some of the folders because if you can't get ssh access in and/or you want to tell a dumb client what to select you/they will might not know where some of these folders are to list them correctly. So having a expanded list to select from would be great.

Also what is really needed is a way to go in and clean up OLD backups. We run one every morning at 4am and it took a over year to fill the drive. Now once a month I go in and remove all old backups except for the 1st and 16th of the previous month. Then for anything older then 6 months I remove all except for the 1st of the month just in case I EVER need to go back for something (like a script I customized that got overwritten and forgotten about).