BackupInstructions

File backup

• ssh into miscdebris.net
• archive the whole directory with

zip -r plplot_wiki.zip plplot_wiki

• ftp the zip file

Database backup

• Go to http://mysql.miscdebris.net, login and choose the plplot_wiki database.

• Click the 'Export' tab on the top set of tabs.
• Look at the left box at the top of the Export section. Choose only those tables that correspond to the plplot_wiki database (i.e. all tables with a "plwiki" prefix.
• Ensure that the SQL button is selected too.
• Tick the following boxes in the SQL section: Structure, 'Add DROP TABLE', 'Add AUTO_INCREMENT' and 'Enclose table and field names with backquotes'
• Also tick the Data box and in the Data section 'Use hexadecimal for binary fields'.
• Tick the 'Save as file' option, and leave the template name alone.
• For now, select 'None' for compression.
• Now click 'Go' and you should be prompted for a file to download.

These instructions are taken from these two sources:

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_up_your_database
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_move_a_MediaWiki_Database