Bug 31099 - [DOCS] Export data tool - setup so database and configuration data can be downloaded
Summary: [DOCS] Export data tool - setup so database and configuration data can be dow...
Status: Needs documenting
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
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Reported: 2022-07-05 00:06 UTC by David Nind
Modified: 2023-06-18 10:53 UTC (History)
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Description David Nind 2022-07-05 00:06:49 UTC
Add information to the manual on how to set up Tools > Export data so that the database and configuration backups are enabled and shown.
Comment 1 David Nind 2022-07-05 00:31:14 UTC
This is set up by:

1. Enabling the export of the database and configuration in the Koha instance koha-conf.xml file:
   . backup directory: <backupdir>/var/spool/koha/kohadev</backupdir>
   . enable database and configuration dumps (change 0 to 1):
     <!-- Enable the two following to allow superlibrarians to download
          database and configuration dumps (respectively) from the Export
          tool -->
     <backup_db_via_tools>1</backup_db_via_tools>
     <backup_conf_via_tools>1</backup_conf_via_tools>

2. Running koha-run-backups so that the downloadable backups are created and available. Example: koha-run-backups --days 2 --output /var/spool/koha

3. This can be done either as a one-off, or as a setup as a cronjob so that it runs regularly.

Areas in the manual to update or cross-reference:
- tools.rst: https://koha-community.org/manual/22.05/en/html/tools.html#export-data
- cron_jobs.rst: https://koha-community.org/manual/22.05/en/html/cron_jobs.html#backup - this covers a different option that is a separate script to run a database backup and set it up as a cron job, once the relative merits of the different approaches are worked out add across-reference to how to do backups with koha-run-backups 

Ideas for improvement:
- Look at adding something/section/guide about system administration activities and tasks (as opposed to these are the cron jobs available, and the Koha package commands).
Comment 2 victor 2022-07-05 01:49:25 UTC
No, because the backup is not finalizing.

$koha-dump instance
Dumping Koha site instace: