• Python (3.5)

Install using pip...

$ pip install ii-django-backup

$ python manage.py backup_database

Configure ii-django-backup in your Django settings:

INSTALLED_APPS = {
    [..],
    'ii_django_backup',
    [..],
}

II_DJANGO_BACKUP = {
    'DIR': '/var/backups/',
    'DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN': '**********',
    'DROPBOX_DIR': '/websitename/staging/',
    'USE_GZIP': True,
}

Setting II_DJANGO_BACKUP['DIR'] to '/var/backups/' let's ii-django-backup know where to store your backups locally. By default this is set to os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, 'backups'); this requires BASE_DIR being defined in your Django settings.

Setting II_DJANGO_BACKUP['DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN'] to **********, enables backup to Dropbox using this access token. By default this is set to None.

Setting II_DJANGO_BACKUP['DROPBOX_DIR'] to /websitename/staging/ let's ii-django-backup know where to store your backups at Dropbox. By default this is set to None.

Setting II_DJANGO_BACKUP['USE_GZIP'] to True enables Gzipping the backup file. By default this is set to True.

Note that passwords are NOT sent over the commandline (for security reasons). Therefor you need to make sure the mysqldump and pgdump commands know your database's password to do backups without password prompt.

For Postgres:

either create a .pgpass file in your home-directory and chmod it 600. The content could look like this:

localhost:5432:database_name:username:secretPassword

or set an ENV named PGPASSWORD with your Postgres database password. For Heroku you would be able to do this like so:

$ heroku config:set PGPASSWORD=secretPassword

For MySQL:

Create a .my.cnf file in your home-directory and chmod it 600. The content could look like this:

[mysqldump]
user=username
password=secretPassword

[client]
user=username
password=secretPassword