Passbolt CE Backup and Restoration

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Passbolt CE Backup and Restoration

To back up and restore a Passbolt Community Edition (CE) instance, follow these steps:

1. Backup Script Creation

Create the backup script file:

vim passbolt_backup.sh

Add the following content:

#!/bin/bash

webserver_user=www-data

if ! command -v mysqldump &> /dev/null
then
    echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
    echo "| mysqldump is required to run this script                                                |"
    echo "| Try installing either mysql-server or mariadb-server to correct this                    |"
    echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
    exit
fi

backup_dir="/tmp"
backup_dir_date=$backup_dir/backup-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S")
backup_file=$backup_dir_date.tar.gz

if [ -f /.dockerenv ]
then
    echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
    echo "Docker detected"
    echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
    su -s /bin/bash -c "mkdir $backup_dir_date" www-data
    echo "Taking database backup and storing in $backup_dir_date"
    su -s /bin/bash -c "./bin/cake passbolt mysql_export --dir $backup_dir_date" www-data
    echo "Copying /etc/environment to $backup_dir_date"
    cp /etc/environment $backup_dir_date/.
else
    if [ -z ${webserver_user} ]
    then
        echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
        echo "| Webserver user not set in the script                                                    |"
        echo "| Please correct this and re-run the script                                               |"
        echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
        exit
    fi
    echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
    echo "Docker not detected"
    echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
    su -s /bin/bash -c "mkdir $backup_dir_date" $webserver_user
    echo "Taking database backup and storing in $backup_dir_date"
    su -s /bin/bash -c "/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt mysql_export --dir $backup_dir_date" $webserver_user
    echo "Copying /etc/passbolt/passbolt.php to $backup_dir_date"
    cp /etc/passbolt/passbolt.php $backup_dir_date/.
fi

echo "Copying GPG keys to $backup_dir_date"
cp /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey_private.asc $backup_dir_date/.
cp /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey.asc $backup_dir_date/.

echo "Creating archive of $backup_dir_date"
tar -czvf $backup_file -C $backup_dir_date .

echo "Cleaning up temporary files"
rm $backup_dir_date/*
rmdir $backup_dir_date

echo "Backup completed. File saved as $backup_file"

Make the script executable:

chmod +x passbolt_backup.sh

Run the script:

./passbolt_backup.sh

2. Restoration Process

2.1 Extract the Backup Archive

tar -xzvf /tmp/backup-YYYY-MM-DD--HH-MM-SS.tar.gz -C /tmp/

2.2 Restore Passbolt Configuration File

cd /tmp
sudo mv /tmp/passbolt.php /etc/passbolt/passbolt.php
sudo chown www-data:www-data /etc/passbolt/passbolt.php
sudo chmod 640 /etc/passbolt/passbolt.php

2.3 Restore GPG Keys

sudo cp /tmp/serverkey.asc /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey.asc
sudo cp /tmp/serverkey_private.asc /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey_private.asc

sudo chown www-data:www-data /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey.asc
sudo chown www-data:www-data /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey_private.asc

sudo chmod 440 /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey.asc
sudo chmod 440 /etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey_private.asc

2.4 Restore the Database

mysql -u passbolt_user -p passbolt_database < /path/to/backup.sql

Example:

mysql -u passboltadmin -p passboltdb < /tmp/backup_1740825565.sql

2.5 Verify the Restoration

Run the Passbolt health check:

sudo -H -u www-data bash -c "/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt healthcheck"

Make sure:

• The login page is accessible.
• Users can log in successfully.

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Let me know if you want this exported to a `.mediawiki` or `.txt` file for upload, or if you'd like to include cron job automation for scheduled backups.

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