BackupTool for DokuWiki

Note Bugs, feature requests, etc have moved to the discussion page for the project.

• License: GNU GPL v2.

It's not required, but please consider linking to this page or the main page from your site if you like this product.

As with any data backup tool, there is always a possibilty for data loss– especially unintentionally.

Neither I nor this site will be held responsible for any data loss caused by this product.

So download and use at your own risk!

Before downloading or using this product, make sure you understand and accept the terms of the license as well as the disclaimer above.

Also by downloading, you agree that you have read and understood the disclaimer above.

After downloading, make sure to follow the install instructions or upgrading instructions below.

• This is the latest version, compatible with the current DokuWiki:
  • Latest Version: BackupTool for Dokuwiki - April 5, 2007
  • Previous Version: BackupTool for Dokuwiki - March 11, 2007
• These are unsupported versions, compatible with DokuWiki 2006-03-09:
  • Latest Version: BackupTool for Dokuwiki - October 12, 2006
  • Previous Version: BackupTool for Dokuwiki - August 3, 2006
  • Previous Version: BackupTool for Dokuwiki - July 29, 2006
• Older downloads are available on request only.

This is a plugin for DokuWiki which enables you to backup the most important parts of your site; this includes all of your pages, all old revisions, meta data, subscriptions, media files (your downloads), as well as your plugins and templates.

This is in case, for some odd reason, your host accidentally loses all your files; its happened to me personally twice, on two different hosts since I began using DokuWiki– and backing up manually can be quite a nightmare.

To access the plugin, make sure you're on the admin account, and click the admin button on your wiki site.

An entry named “Backup Tool” should be listed in the the available administrative tasks. Click it, and you should see something like the following image below:

Simply check the items you wish to backup, and uncheck the ones you don't. For instance, you may not care about old revisions of documents, so you don't have to include them if you don't want to.

Click the Create Backup button, and the process of backing up starts. For large sites, it may take some time; it may even time out– in which case you may wish to backup each section individually– though this is unlikely. It will usually take at least a little time for the page to respond, so please be patient.

The backup file is generated and put in the root of your media directory. So you're then able to download it from there, and you may wish to delete it afterwards.

As a plugin all you need to do is unpack the file into the lib/plugins/ directory (you should end up with a lib/plugins/backup folder.)

To upgrade, remove the original lib/plugins/backup folder, and install the new version as instructed above.

I've finally gotten time to check the new ACL compatibility.

As it turns out, I was mistaken– ACL file names and structure have not changed, simply the interface to modify ACL has, and this does not affect BackupTool for DokuWiki at all.

Therefore BackupTool for DokuWiki will work regardless of the DokuWiki's version.

So in other words, the April 7, 2007 version will work, and is safe to use.

• Backup files are now timestamped with date and time, thanks to Syv Ritch for the push.

• Added conf/mime.conf to list of things backed up under “configuration settings”

• New BackupTool release, fixes compatibility with new DokuWiki versions.

• Internationalization support complete

• Initial release