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Hub Snapshot Tools

Hubzilla developers frequently need to switch between branches that might have incompatible database schemas or content. The following two scripts create and restore complete snapshots of a Hubzilla instance, including both the hub web root and the entire database state. Each script requires a config file called hub-snapshot.conf residing in the same folder and containing the specific directories and database details of your hub.

Config

The format of the config file is very strict. There must be no spaces between the variable name and the value. Replace only the content inside the quotes with your configuration. Save this file as hub-snapshot.conf alongside the scripts.

# Location of hub root. Typically this is the location of the Hubzilla repo clone.
HUBROOT="/var/www/"
# MySQL database name
DBNAME="hubzilla"
# MySQL database user
DBUSER="hubzilla"
# MySQL database password
DBPWD="akeufajeuwfb"
# The target snapshot folder where the git repo will be initialized
SNAPSHOTROOT="/root/snapshots/hubzilla/"

Snapshot

Example usage:

sh hub-snapshot.sh my-hub.conf "Commit message for the snapshot" 

hub-snapshot.sh:

#!/bin/bash

if ! [ -f "$1" ]; then
    echo "$1 is not a valid file. Aborting..."
    exit 1
fi
source "$1"
#echo "$DBNAME"
#echo "$DBUSER"
#echo "$DBPWD"
#echo "$HUBROOT"
#echo "$SNAPSHOTROOT"
MESSAGE="snapshot: $2"

if [ "$DBPWD" == "" -o "$SNAPSHOTROOT" == "" -o "$DBNAME" == "" -o "$DBUSER" == "" -o "$HUBROOT" == "" ]; then
    echo "Required variable is not set. Aborting..."
    exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/db/ ]; then
    mkdir -p "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/db/
fi
if [ ! -d "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/www/ ]; then
    mkdir -p "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/www/
fi

if [ ! -d "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/www/ ] || [ ! -d "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/db/ ]; then
    echo "Error creating snapshot directories. Aborting..."
    exit 1
fi

echo "Export database..."
mysqldump -u "$DBUSER" -p"$DBPWD" "$DBNAME" > "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/db/"$DBNAME".sql
echo "Copy hub root files..."
rsync -va --delete --exclude=.git* "$HUBROOT"/ "$SNAPSHOTROOT"/www/

cd "$SNAPSHOTROOT"

if [ ! -d ".git" ]; then
    git init
fi
if [ ! -d ".git" ]; then
    echo "Cannot initialize git repo. Aborting..."
    exit 1
fi

git add -A
echo "Commit hub snapshot..."
git commit -a -m "$MESSAGE"

exit 0

Restore

#!/bin/bash
# Restore hub to a previous state. Input hub config and commit hash

if ! [ -f "$1" ]; then
        echo "$1 is not a valid file. Aborting..."
        exit 1
fi
source "$1"
COMMIT=$2

if [ "$DBPWD" == "" -o "$SNAPSHOTROOT" == "" -o "$DBNAME" == "" -o "$DBUSER" == "" -o "$HUBROOT" == "" ]; then
        echo "Required variable is not set. Aborting..."
        exit 1
fi
RESTOREDIR="$(mktemp -d)/"

if [ ! -d "$RESTOREDIR" ]; then
    echo "Cannot create restore directory. Aborting..."
    exit 1
fi
echo "Cloning the snapshot repo..."
git clone "$SNAPSHOTROOT" "$RESTOREDIR"
cd "$RESTOREDIR"
echo "Checkout requested snapshot..."
git checkout "$COMMIT"
echo "Restore hub root files..."
rsync -a --delete --exclude=.git* "$RESTOREDIR"/www/ "$HUBROOT"/
echo "Restore hub database..."
mysql -u "$DBUSER" -p"$DBPWD" "$DBNAME" < "$RESTOREDIR"/db/"$DBNAME".sql

chown -R www-data:www-data "$HUBROOT"/{store,extend,addon,.htlog,.htconfig.php}

echo "Restored hub to snapshot $COMMIT"
echo "Removing temporary files..."

rm -rf "$RESTOREDIR"

exit 0