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authorrinpatch <rinpatch@sdf.org>2019-03-28 19:46:30 +0300
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Move out of Gitlab Wiki
I understand that this change is quite unreadable and hard to review, sorry for forgetting to do atomic commits. This patch does not change too much content wise, it just * Gets everything from gitlab wiki * Removes some specific gitlab hacks * Formats all documentation file names to be in snake case so they look the same way as our code does
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+# Backup your instance
+
+1. Stop the Pleroma service.
+2. Go to the working directory of Pleroma (default is `/opt/pleroma`)
+3. Run `sudo -Hu postgres pg_dump -d <pleroma_db> --format=custom -f </path/to/backup_location/pleroma.pgdump>`
+4. Copy `pleroma.pgdump`, `config/prod.secret.exs` and the `uploads` folder to your backup destination. If you have other modifications, copy those changes too.
+5. Restart the Pleroma service.
+
+## Restore your instance
+
+1. Stop the Pleroma service.
+2. Go to the working directory of Pleroma (default is `/opt/pleroma`)
+3. Copy the above mentioned files back to their original position.
+4. Run `sudo -Hu postgres pg_restore -d <pleroma_db> -v -1 </path/to/backup_location/pleroma.pgdump>`
+5. Restart the Pleroma service.