Backup Tool for Nextcloud?

[bb77]

@ottosykora

yse this looks as the only solution. This means to pull the data rather then push somewhere. But simple solutions are not so many.

Rsync can do both, push or pull. For example from or to a Synology NAS.

@ottosykora

this not a solution for me. I would need to have linux knowledge and a linux server in front of me.

Then how and where did you install Nextcloud in the first place?

@ottosykora

I have some experience with synology servers so far, but I did never have to do any work from cli there. All was just av from their appstore. This is why I am so surprised not to find commonly neede solutions.

Again, how and where did you install Nextcloud? Via WSL2 on your Windows PC? If so, maybe you can somehow backup the whole VM in regular intervals. However, it’s been a while since I used Windows on a regular basis, so I can’t help with that.

@ottosykora

probably yes, but I never came over such terms,thught I do backup of data under windows and synology, I think an avarage user has nothing to do with it.

Yeah you should definitely do that. That way at least your files are backed-up. However, in case of a disaster, you would have to set up Nextcloud again, create all user accounts again and copy the files back. This would also mean that all the shares, all the app data, settings, calendar and contact data etc. will be gone.

[ottosykora]

@bb77

Then how and where did you install Nextcloud in the first place?

I did not install it .
I am only the admin of nextcloud account of our relief workers group.
We had nextcloud for many years now, but this was installed by someone and since then I was just greating users, groups, folders and putting data to the right place for all members of our team.

The first one runs on a synology Server, but there is just acces to the nextcloud. The second which we are just trying to replace was some old server. But also this was jsut onec installed by someone and now broken. So now we have new nextcloud, I have no idea who did install it. We have our url and there ist the nextcloud as it was for some 8years or so.

[ottosykora]

@bb77

in case of a disaster, you would have to set up Nextcloud again, create all user accounts again and copy the files back.

well theonly thing I would like to backup is the work folder as this is in use and changes frequntly.
I do not care abt the rest so much, as the previous server we simply did dispose off and copied the work folder to a usb stick.
It can go to where ever, but I just thought that nextcloud will have some build in tool for that as for example our synology does. Simply make a copy of the work folder in regular times. Thats all.

[just]

@ottosykora

My intension was to copy our work folder regularly , let say daily, to a synology server.

That would be a question for synology.

If your intention is not to understand Linux and not to administer your box it is very important that you not be personally responsible for maintaining this machine. I recommend you find someone else as soon as possible since you have no intention of figuring this out. You can also move to hosted Nextcloud and pay someone to host Nextcloud for you, because it is only a matter of time before this system totally fails for you since you do not know how to maintain it. Good luck.

[just]

@ottosykora

I do not care abt the rest so much, as the previous server we simply did dispose off and copied the work folder to a usb stick.

Excellent, any further Nextcloud specific questions can be made in a new thread. Best of luck with it. Closing this topic to avoid it going off-topic. Thanks, and please do see the previous suggestions in this thread if you decide you want to take a more hands-on approach in backing up and restoring your data.