ppouliot / ghe-make-backup

ghe-make-backup

A cronjob script to assist in performing nightly GitHub Enterprise backups, uploading of the backup snapshot to AWS S3, and notify a Slack channel on the status of the backup.

Requirements

You will need the following installed and configured on your backup machine:

• GitHub Enterprise Backup Utilities
• AWS Command Line Interface

Additionally, you will need to set up an incoming Webhook on your Slack instance:

• Incoming Webhooks

Install

$ git clone https://git.generalassemb.ly/ghe-make-backup/ghe-make-backup
$ cd ghe-make-backup
$ make
Checking for GitHub Enterprise Backup Utilities...
Found in /home/ec2-user/backup-utils.
Checking for AWS CLI tools...
Installing daily crontab...
Enter the Slack Webhook URL that will receive Slack messages.
Slack Webhook URL: https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Enter the Slack Channel to send messages to.
Slack Channel: #ghe-ops
Enter the DMS Snitch to use.
DMS Snitch URL: https://nosnch.in/XXXXXXXXX
Enter the AWS S3 bucket name to save snapshots to.
S3 Bucket: ga-ghe-backups
Saving .config.
Hour of day (24h format): 23
Minute: 30
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