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Backup Guide
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2020-07-02 19:02:47 +00:00
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First off you should have a backup of your ``configuration.nix`` file
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where you have the server config (but that is already in a git
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repository right?)
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2020-07-02 19:02:47 +00:00
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Next you need to backup ``/var/vmail`` or whatever you have specified
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for the option ``mailDirectory``. This is where all the mails reside.
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Good options are a cron job with ``rsync`` or ``scp``. But really
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anything works, as it is simply a folder with plenty of files in it. If
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your backup solution does not preserve the owner of the files don’t
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forget to ``chown`` them to ``virtualMail:virtualMail`` if you copy them
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back (or whatever you specified as ``vmailUserName``, and
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``vmailGoupName``).
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Finally you can (optionally) make a backup of ``/var/dkim`` (or whatever
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you specified as ``dkimKeyDirectory``). If you should lose those don’t
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worry, new ones will be created on the fly. But you will need to repeat
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step ``B)5`` and correct all the ``dkim`` keys.
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