Script for backing up Jenkins

[g***@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

Post by g***@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.
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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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Post by 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.
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[Sreeram Krishna]

Glad to hear that Adam.

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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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Adam vonNieda
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.
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[g***@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.

Post by Sreeram Krishna
Glad to hear that Adam.

Post by 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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Adam vonNieda
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.
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[Sreeram Krishna]

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

Post by g***@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.

Post by Sreeram Krishna
Glad to hear that Adam.

Post by 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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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
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[g***@gmail.com]

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

Post by Sreeram Krishna
Hi
What is your backup location? I hope its not on the same server as the
Jenkins Master.

Post by g***@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.

Post by Sreeram Krishna
Glad to hear that Adam.

Post by 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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Adam vonNieda
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
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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

Post by g***@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
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[g***@gmail.com]

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

On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 8:22:16 PM UTC-4, rajendraprasad reddy

Post by 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

Post by g***@gmail.com
Hello,
We are using Open Source Jenkins. We want to backup the configuration
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there any scripts available for this purpose? Jenkins is on Linux VM.
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