How can I setup schedule and automatic backups?

[Milan]

I need to setup the schedule and automatic backups, please give me the steps to do this.

[Anand Doshi]

Hi Milan,

For scheduler, See point no. 10 in install instructions - https://github.com/webnotes/erpnext/wiki/How-to-Install-ERPNext

For automatic backups, you can use:

* 0 * * * cd [PATH TO ERPNEXT INSTALLATION] && python lib/wnf.py --backup >> /var/log/erpnext-backup.log 2>&1

For now, you will need to manually clear old backups or write a script to do that, so that space doesn't run out.

Using the above crontab entry, the backups will be taken at midnight every day and will be available in public/backups folder.

Thanks,

Anand.

PS.

For future questions related to development / setup, please post your questions at erpnext-dev...@googlegroups.com -- we don't want to burden people in this group who are here for functional queries.

[Milan]

We are using the hosted version of ERPNext. Than what's the procedure?

[Anand Doshi]

If you are hosting on your server, please follow the reply I sent earlier. See - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/erpnext-user-forum/eYxFdDGQRJY/BkOzKwkttKsJ

If you have an account with erpnext, we maintain backups from our side.

Thanks,

Anand.