From 12cd678ba018c848f98d99d872dede1cc68d6d29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daveanand Mannie <daveanandmannie@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:44:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [add] added backup script

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 backup.sh | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backup.sh

diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Gitea Backup Script for Dokploy
+# =============================================================================
+#
+# Creates a database dump and file archive from the running Gitea containers.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   chmod +x backup.sh
+#   ./backup.sh
+#   ./backup.sh /custom/backup/dir
+#
+# =============================================================================
+
+# --- Configuration ---
+GITEA_CONTAINER="gitea"
+DB_CONTAINER="gitea-db"
+DB_USER="gitea"
+DB_NAME="gitea"
+
+BACKUP_DIR="${1:-$HOME/gitea-backups}"
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
+
+mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
+
+# --- Dump database ---
+echo "=== Dumping database ==="
+docker exec "$DB_CONTAINER" pg_dump \
+  -U "$DB_USER" -d "$DB_NAME" \
+  --no-owner --no-acl \
+  -F c -f /tmp/gitea_db_backup.dump
+
+docker cp "$DB_CONTAINER":/tmp/gitea_db_backup.dump "$BACKUP_DIR/gitea_db_${TIMESTAMP}.dump"
+docker exec "$DB_CONTAINER" rm /tmp/gitea_db_backup.dump
+echo "Database dumped to: $BACKUP_DIR/gitea_db_${TIMESTAMP}.dump"
+
+# --- Backup files ---
+echo ""
+echo "=== Backing up Gitea files ==="
+docker exec "$GITEA_CONTAINER" bash -c '
+cd /data
+tar czf /tmp/gitea_files_backup.tar.gz \
+  git/repositories \
+  git/lfs \
+  gitea/avatars \
+  gitea/attachments \
+  git/.ssh \
+  2>/dev/null || true
+'
+
+docker cp "$GITEA_CONTAINER":/tmp/gitea_files_backup.tar.gz "$BACKUP_DIR/gitea_files_${TIMESTAMP}.tar.gz"
+docker exec "$GITEA_CONTAINER" rm /tmp/gitea_files_backup.tar.gz
+echo "Files backed up to: $BACKUP_DIR/gitea_files_${TIMESTAMP}.tar.gz"
+
+# --- Backup app.ini ---
+echo ""
+echo "=== Backing up app.ini ==="
+docker cp "$GITEA_CONTAINER":/data/gitea/conf/app.ini "$BACKUP_DIR/app_${TIMESTAMP}.ini"
+echo "Config backed up to: $BACKUP_DIR/app_${TIMESTAMP}.ini"
+
+# --- Summary ---
+echo ""
+echo "=== Backup complete ==="
+echo "Files:"
+ls -lh "$BACKUP_DIR"/*"${TIMESTAMP}"*
+echo ""
+echo "To restore on a fresh Dokploy instance:"
+echo "  1. Deploy the Gitea compose stack"
+echo "  2. Copy the backup files to ~/  on the server"
+echo "  3. Rename them to gitea_db_backup.dump, gitea_files_backup.tar.gz, app.ini"
+echo "  4. Run ./restore.sh"