Backup/Restore scripts for Linux and MacOS

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Thank you for the reply, Thomas

I’m on MacOS and I just want to upgrade. I only have configurations within openHAB, mainly in Paper IU and HabPanel, but also some in persistence.

I will look in the thread for upgrade issues to see if I manage to solve it. Otherwise restoring my configurations seems so simple that I might as well install 2.2 from scratch.

What I meant with the new scrips in 2.2 was if I would be able to follow the instruction for restoring in 2.1 to restore a 2.1 backup in 2.2. I’m not sure if I understood how this should be done from your reply. How do I backup my 2.1 files independently in 2.2 backup/restore functionality?

Thanks

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I don’t know the paths within MacOS, you’ll have to see in the sources what paths there are - or somebody here could help you.
there are basically two main directories, you must backup:

  • OPENHAB_USERDATA: that’s where your UI-related configuration is held
  • OPENHAB_CONF: that’s where your own items, sitemaps and stuff is Held
    be sure, you have both in you backup and after having switched to 2.2 that’s where you should restore them.
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Thanks again!

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There’s a small typo in the backup script:

When running:

    echo "Set $OPENHAB_BACKUPS to change the default backup directory."
    echo "Set $OPENHAB_BACKUPS_TEMP to change the default backup temporary directory."

You’ll see the environment variables’ value, no their names. The dollar sign should be escaped:

    echo "Set \$OPENHAB_BACKUPS to change the default backup directory."
    echo "Set \$OPENHAB_BACKUPS_TEMP to change the default backup temporary directory."

I’d probably report the current values of these environment variables, so I’d recommend rewriting those lines as follows:

    echo "Default backup directory: '$OPENHAB_BACKUPS'"
    echo "Set \$OPENHAB_BACKUPS to change the default backup directory."
    echo "Default backup temporary directory: '$OPENHAB_BACKUPS_TEMP'"
    echo "Set \$OPENHAB_BACKUPS_TEMP to change the default backup temporary directory."

When invoking, you should run it as root:

[17:43:16] openhabian@openHABianPi:/usr/share/openhab2$ sudo ./runtime/bin/backup --full
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@shutterfreak, rather than in the forum, something like this should be reported in GH. The backup/restore scripts are in openhab-distro, which is linked to in the OP. You may want to consider submitting a PR too… this one wouldn’t even need an IDE, and could be done completely through GH.

Instead of escapes, brackets should be used, e.g. echo "Set ${OPENHAB_BACKUPS} to change the default backup directory."

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I hope I did it correctly: Issue 894: [backup/restore] unescaped environment variables

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