NAME
pmgbackup - Proxmox Mail Gateway Backup and Restore Utility
SYNOPSIS
pmgbackup <COMMAND> [ARGS] [OPTIONS]
pmgbackup backup [OPTIONS]
Backup the system configuration.
- --statistic <boolean> (default = 1)
-
Backup statistic databases.
pmgbackup help [OPTIONS]
Get help about specified command.
- --extra-args <array>
-
Shows help for a specific command
- --verbose <boolean>
-
Verbose output format.
pmgbackup list
List all stored backups (files named proxmox-backup_Fri May 31 14:32:59 CEST 2019.tgz).
pmgbackup restore --filename <string> [OPTIONS]
Restore the system configuration.
- --config <boolean> (default = 0)
-
Restore system configuration.
- --database <boolean> (default = 1)
-
Restore the rule database. This is the default.
- --filename pmg-backup_[0-9A-Za-z_-]+\.tgz
-
The backup file name.
- --statistic <boolean> (default = 0)
-
Restore statistic databases. Only considered when you restore the database.
DESCRIPTION
Proxmox Mail Gateway includes the ability to backup and restore the configuration. This includes the complete config from /etc/pmg/, the mail filter rules and the statistic database.
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The backup does not include the network setup, and also no mail data from the postfix queue or the spam or virus quarantine. |
You can create a backup by simply pressing the Backup button on the GUI, or by using the command line interface:
# pmgbackup backup starting backup to: /var/lib/pmg/backup/pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz backup finished
Backups are stored inside directory /var/lib/pmg/backup/. It is usually best to mount a remote file system to that directory, so that the resulting backups gets stored remotely.
You can list the contents of that directory with:
# pmgbackup list .... pmg-backup_2017_11_10_5A05D4B9.tgz 17012 pmg-backup_2017_11_13_5A09676A.tgz 16831 pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz 21514
Restores are also possible using the GUI or command line, and you can select what parts you want to restore:
- System Configuration
-
Basically the contents of /etc/pmg/.
- Rule Database
-
The mail filter rule database.
- Statistic
-
All statistical data.
For examply, you can selectively restore the mail filter rules from an older backup:
# pmgbackup restore --filename pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz --database starting restore: /var/lib/pmg/backup/pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz config_backup.tar: OK Proxmox_ruledb.sql: OK Proxmox_statdb.sql: OK version.txt: OK Destroy existing rule database Create new database run analyze to speed up database queries Analyzing/Upgrading existing Databases...done restore finished
Copyright and Disclaimer
Copyright © 2007-2019 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/