Setting up backups

Introduction

An Open Bee™ Portal backup can be set up simply by backing up certain folders using appropriate software.

The paths shown below are:

  • either absolute,
  • or relative to the Open Bee™ Portal installation directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenBee\OpenBeePortal5 by default for Windows)

Backup strategy

We recommend that you set up an incremental backup with Minimum:

  • 15 days of daily retention
  • 3-month monthly retention
  • Annual retention

Simple list of folders to back up

A backup of the following folders allows you to back up all the data:

  • openbeeportal/data/
  • openbeeportal/config/
  • openbeeportal/web/
  • mysqldata on Windows

(warning) On Windows, a database dump is performed every night. Remember to check that it is functional. Folder: openbeeportal/data/dump/

(warning) The integrity of the database DUMP is not guaranteed.

Detailed list of folders to be saved

To refine the backup strategy, here is a more detailed list.

Database

  • MySQL Data Folder: mysqldata on Windows
  • Database DUMP performed every night: openbeeportal/data/dump/

Documents

These folders contain the documents and their thumbnails:

  • Documents: openbeeportal/data/Documents/
  • PDF preview of the documents: openbeeportal/data/pdfConversion/
  • Thumbnail of images and user images: openbeeportal/data/images/

Configuration

The database as shown below:

  • Configuration files: openbeeportal/config/
  • Imported stamps: openbeeportal/data/stamps/

Customization

  • Background image and other logos: openbeeportal/web/images/
  • Color customization: openbeeportal/web/dist/css/