How to backup GOCD by automatically

[vivu...@gmail.com]

Hi,

Our GOCD setup is running in Linux platform and we would need to automate the backup process for GOCD. 

Please suggest us with a proper method with sttep by step guide.

[vivu...@gmail.com]

We heard that we can schedule the backup through GOCD pipeline itself. But how can we achieve this?

[Arnav Kumar]

Have a look at this: https://docs.gocd.org/current/advanced_usage/one_click_backup.html

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[Dominik Kaspar]

Hi Arnav Kumar,

In my opinion, your link does not answer the question.

For the automatic creation of a GoCD backup (such as every midnight), clicking a button in the UI is not the solution.

Also triggering a backup via the REST API (as described in https://api.gocd.org/current/#the-backup-object) is not good enough because it requires a user and password that needs to be hard-coded (e.g., in the curl -u 'user:pass' command).

Is there any way a backup can be triggered for example via...

1. a cron job (installed on the gocd server, without passwords hard-coded anywhere)
2. a gocd pipeline that runs periodically

Regards,
Dominik

On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 11:09:59 PM UTC+2, Arnav Kumar wrote:

Have a look at this: https://docs.gocd.org/current/advanced_usage/one_click_backup.html

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 11:43 AM, <vivu...@gmail.com> wrote:

We heard that we can schedule the backup through GOCD pipeline itself. But how can we achieve this?

On Friday, August 18, 2017 at 9:12:30 PM UTC+5:30, vivu...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

Our GOCD setup is running in Linux platform and we would need to automate the backup process for GOCD. 

Please suggest us with a proper method with sttep by step guide.

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[Varsha Varadarajan]

Hi Dominik,

You could make the API request via a script and use a cron to call it periodically. The authentication required for this API in the script can be parameterized. The second option that you mentioned - using the gocd pipeline that is timer triggered. I think that you might face this issue while doing it if the pipeline is configured in the same GoCD server that you're trying to backup.