Bash script to automate snap backup

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I currently manually backup my snap following https://rocket.chat/docs/installation/manual-installation/ubuntu/snaps/#how-do-i-backup-my-snap-data

I can run a cron nightly to create this backup, but I’d like to automate all of it with a bash script so as to be able to rsync or scp to a remote server. Essentially covering this:

  1. Script stops the server then runs: snap run rocketchat-server.backupdb
  2. Script takes the command’s output A backup of your data can be found at “/var/snap/rocketchat-server/xxxx/backup.tgz” as source for the scp.
  3. scp executed
  4. script starts server again.

I can do 1, 3 and 4, but unsure of how to handle 2) section. Also is it really necessary to stop the server running, or is this just extra safety to avoid database corruption?

2

Please, did the backup directory changes every time?
If so you can use a pipe and select the backup file and it path from the message.

I don’t know commands for the selection yet.

3

Here’s a topic I started with a script that could be modified to do what you want.