backup-and-restore.md

Backup and Restore.

Backup Squid instance.

Since Squid stores all data in the configuration files so we will just need to backup the all configuration files.

For the backup following directories must be manually backed up.

./squid-data/cache-dir
./configs/squid.conf
./configs/squid.conf.d

Triggering Backup.

Run following command to trigger the backup. This will copy all the configuration files in the ./squid-data/backups directory.

cp -a ./squid-data/cache-dir ./configs/squid.conf ./configs/squid.conf.d ./squid-data/backups/

Triggering Restore.

Followings conditions must be met for restore.

• A working Squid instance.

Restore.

• Stop the Squid container.

docker-compose down squid

• Restore/Copy the configuration files.

First remove existing directories.
./squid-data/cache-dir
./configs/squid.conf
./configs/squid.conf.d

Now copy backed up directories.
Copy cache-dir to ./squid-data/cache-dir
Copy squid.conf to ./configs/squid.conf
Copy squid.conf.d to ./configs/squid.conf.d

Stop all the container.

docker-compose down

Starting the container.

docker-compose up -d

Checking the container logs.

docker-compose logs -f

Automatic Backup Setup