This is adapted code from: https://github.com/woxxy/MySQL-backup-to-Amazon-S3 and from: https://github.com/mvarrieur/MySQL-backup-to-Google-Cloud-Storage

Only the weekly and monthly backups will backup files and images. The default settings can be used in a GCE, CentOS, Nginx, PHP, CakePHP, Auja stack.

(This is not really an application, just a manual and some lines of code)

1. Register for Google Cloud Services

2. Install gsutil https://developers.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil_install

3. Create a bucket in the Cloud Console

4. Configure gsutil to work with your account

    gsutil config
   

5. Put the backuptogcs.sh file somewhere in your server, like /home/youruser

6. Give the file 755 permissions chmod 755 /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh or via FTP

7. Edit the variables near the top of the backuptogcs.sh file to match your bucket and MySQL authentication

Now we're set. You can use it manually:

#set a new daily backup, and store the previous day as "previous_day"
sh /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh

#set a new weekly backup, and store previous week as "previous_week"
sh /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh week

#set a new weekly backup, and store previous month as "previous_month"
sh /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh month

But, we don't want to think about it until something breaks! So enter crontab -e and insert the following after editing the folders

# daily MySQL backup to Google Cloud (not on first day of month or sundays)
0 3 2-31 * 1-6 root sh /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh day
# weekly MySQL backup to Google Cloud (on sundays, but not the first day of the month)
0 3 2-31 * 0 root sh /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh week
# monthly MySQL backup to Google Cloud
0 3 1 * * root sh /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh month

Or, if you'd prefer to have the script determine the current date and day of the week, insert the following after editing the folders

# automatic daily / weekly / monthly backup to Google Cloud.
0 3 * * * root sh /home/youruser/backuptogcs.sh auto

And you're set.

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