Script for backing up Jenkins

[gotvi...@gmail.com]

Hello,

We are using Open Source Jenkins.  We want to backup the configuration and any changes happening in Jenkins everyday for recovery purpose.  Is there any scripts available for this purpose?  Jenkins is on Linux VM.

[Vladimir Zak]

Hi,

Try ThinBackup plugin.

Vladimír

Dne út 16. 10. 2018 15:33 uživatel <gotvi...@gmail.com> napsal:

Hello,

We are using Open Source Jenkins.  We want to backup the configuration and any changes happening in Jenkins everyday for recovery purpose.  Is there any scripts available for this purpose?  Jenkins is on Linux VM.

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[Sam K]

Hi
I have a backup mechanism in place. I have a second Jenkins instance and I've been using rsync in a cronjob to keep sending all config.xmls and basically everything except build information and artifacts to the backup Jenkins. It send the information every 2 mins.

I remember testing it once and it worked as expected. But it's been more than a year since the last testing to be honest.

[Adam von Nieda]

  I have a similar setup for Disaster Recovery, and rsync the entire stack. Works like a charm, and I’ve tested within the last week. 

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[Sreeram Krishna]

Glad to hear that Adam. 

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[gotvi...@gmail.com]

Thanks everyone for the update.  For now we are going with the Periodic Backup plugin which provides the backup of entire JENKINS_HOME.  This plugin works exactly the way we want.  But, we might end up with rsync option eventually.  Weighing in on each of the option.  Will keep posted.  Thanks again everyone.

[Sreeram Krishna]

Hi

  What is your backup location?  I hope its not on the same server as the Jenkins Master.  

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[RAJENDRA PRASAD]

Hi I can suggest two approaches here,

All Jenkins configuration (jobs config, credentials,...etc) will be saved in <jenkins_home> directory.

If it is running on Linux it must in /var/lib/Jenkins/ folder

On the same Linux machine install SVN/git client create a commnd to check-in files.

You can run this command via Unix cron job.

Another approach is via Jenkins backup plugin.

Another approach is to use a seperate Jenkins job to run SVN/git check-in command from build command.

But last approach may not work when all Jenkins executors are stuck while  running other jobs.

Thanks

Rajendra

On Tue 16 Oct, 2018, 6:33 AM , <gotvi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

We are using Open Source Jenkins.  We want to backup the configuration and any changes happening in Jenkins everyday for recovery purpose.  Is there any scripts available for this purpose?  Jenkins is on Linux VM.

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[gotvi...@gmail.com]

Nope.  I have a volume attached to that server and backing up to that volume.

[gotvi...@gmail.com]

I found a plugin SCM Sync plugin.  Exploring this as well.