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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# --- Configuration ---
+# The name of the directory where your docker-compose.yml resides.
+# Used to name the final backup file.
+BACKUP_NAME="filerun_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
+# The directory where the compressed backup file will be saved.
+BACKUP_DIR="/home/Dejan/backups/filerun" # <--- ADJUST THIS PATH
+# Directory containing your docker-compose.yml (usually the current directory)
+COMPOSE_DIR=$(pwd)
+
+# Define the local directories (volumes) to be backed up
+# These MUST match the host directories in your docker-compose.yml
+DB_DIR="db_data"
+HTML_DIR="filerun_html"
+USER_DATA_DIR="user_data"
+
+# A temporary directory to stage the files before compression
+TEMP_DIR="/tmp/filerun_backup_stage"
+
+# --- Script Start ---
+
+echo "--- Starting FileRun Backup Process ---"
+
+# 1. Ensure the destination backup directory exists
+mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Could not create backup directory $BACKUP_DIR. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 2. Stop the FileRun and MariaDB services
+echo "Stopping FileRun services to ensure data integrity..."
+docker compose down
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "WARNING: Docker Compose down failed. Trying to proceed, but data integrity might be compromised."
+fi
+
+# 3. Create the staging directory and copy essential data
+echo "Creating staging area and copying data..."
+rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME"
+
+# Copy the core application files (mainly for system/data and system config)
+cp -a "$COMPOSE_DIR/$HTML_DIR" "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME/"
+echo "-> Copied Application HTML files."
+
+# Copy the user files (PDFs, images, documents)
+cp -a "$COMPOSE_DIR/$USER_DATA_DIR" "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME/"
+echo "-> Copied User Files (documents)."
+
+# Copy the database files (Metadata, users, shares, etc.)
+cp -a "$COMPOSE_DIR/$DB_DIR" "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME/"
+echo "-> Copied Database files."
+
+# 4. Exclude unnecessary large files/caches/logs from the backup
+echo "Cleaning up staging area (excluding caches and logs)..."
+
+# Exclude unnecessary MariaDB files/logs within the copied DB_DIR
+find "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME/$DB_DIR" -type f -name "*.log" -delete
+find "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME/$DB_DIR" -type f -name "ib_logfile*" -delete
+echo "-> Removed DB logs."
+
+# Exclude FileRun cache/logs within the copied HTML_DIR
+rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME/$HTML_DIR/system/cache"
+rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME/$HTML_DIR/system/logs"
+echo "-> Removed FileRun caches and logs."
+
+# 5. Compress the staged data
+echo "Compressing files into $BACKUP_NAME.tar.gz..."
+tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME.tar.gz" -C "$TEMP_DIR" "$BACKUP_NAME"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Compression failed. Exiting."
+    docker compose up -d # Try to restart services on failure
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 6. Cleanup and Restart
+echo "Cleaning up staging area and temporary files..."
+rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+
+echo "Starting FileRun services back up..."
+docker compose up -d
+
+echo "--- Backup Complete! ---"
+echo "Backup file saved to: $BACKUP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME.tar.gz"
+echo "--------------------------"
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