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Launcher | Add an option to backup world, database, configs prior to updating
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The previous launcher would ask you to backup prior to updating.
While not terribly useful, this would still be useful to have.

Possibly add an option to store only the last N backups to prevent filling the disk with backups.

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Task Type
Feature
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Affected Gamemode(s)
Launcher
Reproducible
uncertain
Last tested (version)
2.1.0 (build 907fae7) v169
Category
Launcher
Hardware/Software/System
OS-Specific
No
Hardware-Specific
No
Video Card Vendor
uncertain
Serverconfig (server.cfg)
<replace this line with the file content>
Clientconfig (settings.cfg)
<replace this line with the file content>

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calani created this task.May 29 2016, 10:35 PM
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erthparadine added a comment.EditedJul 31 2016, 11:14 PM

Another use case regarding control over update-related backup behaviors:

Jul 31 22:51:18 stars SMDev: [ZIP] Zipping folder: /opt/devStarmade/./StarMade/server-database to backup-StarMade-0.198.485-20160719_005153_1470005472878.zip.tmp (Filter: backup-StarMade-)
Jul 31 23:52:01 stars SMDev: Copying Backup mFile to install dir...
Jul 31 23:52:01 stars SMDev: Copy to: /opt/devStarmade/./StarMade/backup-StarMade-0.198.485-20160719_005153_1470005472878.zip
Jul 31 23:53:44 stars SMDev: [BACKUP] DONE

That's log entries from our dev instance, although I could also pull a copy from our staging install as well. In both dev and staging, there is absolutely zero value in such a forced backup, as server-database/ data had JUST been populated by a dump from production's most recent backup. Yet we're forced to wait over an hour before an update can actually be applied. In our specific circumstances, there's also zero value in a forced backup of production, as we already handle that at every server restart/startup.

For server operators, a command-line switch to enable forced backups (defaulting to true) would be ideal.

calani added a commit: Restricted Diffusion Commit.Sep 10 2016, 2:51 AM
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calani added a commit: Restricted Diffusion Commit.Sep 22 2016, 4:19 AM
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lancake set Last tested (version) to 2.1.0 (build 907fae7) v169.Sep 26 2016, 3:54 PM
calani changed the task status from Resolved to In Queue (Launcher).Sep 26 2016, 6:37 PM

Add these files to the backup:
/settings.cfg
/server.cfg
/keyboard.cfg
/joystick.cfg

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calani added a commit: Restricted Diffusion Commit.Oct 6 2016, 2:02 AM
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AndyP moved this task from Backlog / Unclassed to Confirmed fix on the Quality Assurance board.Dec 15 2016, 12:42 AM
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-QA Testing-

Fix Confirmed.

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