Laravel Driver for the Database Backup Manager

This package pulls in the framework agnostic Backup Manager and provides seamless integration with Laravel.

Watch a video tour to get an idea what is possible with this package.

Note: This package is for Laravel integration only. For information about the framework-agnostic core package (or the Symfony driver) please see the base package repository.

Stability Notice

It's stable enough, you'll need to understand filesystem permissions.

This package is actively being developed and we would like to get feedback to improve it. Please feel free to submit feedback.

Requirements

PHP 5.5
Laravel
MySQL support requires mysqldump and mysql command-line binaries
PostgreSQL support requires pg_dump and psql command-line binaries
Gzip support requires gzip and gunzip command-line binaries

Installation

Composer

Run the following to include this via Composer

composer require backup-manager/laravel

Then, you'll need to select the appropriate packages for the adapters that you want to use.

# to support s3 or google cs
composer require league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3

# to support dropbox
composer require league/flysystem-dropbox

# to support rackspace
composer require league/flysystem-rackspace

# to support sftp
composer require league/flysystem-sftp

Laravel 4 Configuration

To install into a Laravel 4 project, first do the composer install then add the following class to your config/app.php service providers list.

BackupManager\Laravel\Laravel4ServiceProvider::class,

Copy the vendor/backup-manager/laravel/config/backup-manager.php file to app/config/backup-manager.php and configure it to suit your needs.

Laravel 5 Configuration

To install into a Laravel project, first do the composer install then add *ONE *of the following classes to your config/app.php service providers list.

// FOR LARAVEL 5.0 ONLY
BackupManager\Laravel\Laravel50ServiceProvider::class,

// FOR LARAVEL 5.1 AND ABOVE
BackupManager\Laravel\Laravel5ServiceProvider::class,

Publish the storage configuration file.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="BackupManager\Laravel\Laravel5ServiceProvider"

The Backup Manager will make use of Laravel's database configuration. But, it won't know about any connections that might be tied to other environments, so it can be best to just list multiple connections in the config/database.php file.

Lumen Configuration

To install into a Lumen project, first do the composer install then add the configuration file loader and ONE of the following service providers to your bootstrap/app.php.

// FOR LUMEN 5.0 ONLY
$app->configure('backup-manager');
$app->register(BackupManager\Laravel\Lumen50ServiceProvider::class);

// FOR LUMEN 5.1 AND ABOVE
$app->configure('backup-manager');
$app->register(BackupManager\Laravel\LumenServiceProvider::class);

Copy the vendor/backup-manager/laravel/config/backup-manager.php file to config/backup-manager.php and configure it to suit your needs.

IoC Resolution

BackupManager\Manager can be automatically resolved through constructor injection thanks to Laravel's IoC container.

use BackupManager\Manager;

public function __construct(Manager $manager) {
    $this->manager = $manager;
}

It can also be resolved manually from the container.

$manager = App::make(\BackupManager\Manager::class);

Artisan Commands

There are three commands available db:backup, db:restore and db:list.

All will prompt you with simple questions to successfully execute the command.

Example Command for 24hour scheduled cronjob

php artisan db:backup --database=mysql --destination=dropbox --destinationPath=`date +\%Y/%d-%m-%Y` --compression=gzip

This command will backup your database to dropbox using mysql and gzip compresion in path /backups/YEAR/DATE.gz (ex: /backups/2015/29-10-2015.gz)

Scheduling Backups

It's possible to schedule backups using Laravel's scheduler.

/**
 * Define the application's command schedule.
 *
 * @param  \Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule  $schedule
 * @return void
 */
protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule) {
    $date = Carbon::now()->toW3cString();
    $environment = env('APP_ENV');
    $schedule->command(
        "db:backup --database=mysql --destination=s3 --destinationPath=/{$environment}/projectname_{$environment}_{$date} --compression=gzip"
        )->twiceDaily(13,21);
}

Contribution Guidelines

We recommend using the vagrant configuration supplied with this package for development and contribution. Simply install VirtualBox, Vagrant, and Ansible then run vagrant up in the root folder. A virtualmachine specifically designed for development of the package will be built and launched for you.

When contributing please consider the following guidelines:

please conform to the code style of the project, it's essentially PSR-2 with a few differences.
1. The NOT operator when next to parenthesis should be surrounded by a single space. if ( ! is_null(...)) {.
2. Interfaces should NOT be suffixed with Interface, Traits should NOT be suffixed with Trait.
All methods and classes must contain docblocks.
Ensure that you submit tests that have minimal 100% coverage.
When planning a pull-request to add new functionality, it may be wise to submit a proposal to ensure compatibility with the project's goals.

Maintainers

This package is maintained by Shawn McCool and Mitchell van Wijngaarden.

License

This package is licensed under the MIT license.