Filemaker Backups

Simple script to backups Filemaker Server backups to Storage(SFTP).

Backup flow:

1. copy backups(folders) from Filemaker Server backups folder to folder on local drive
2. compress backups and upload to Storage if upload_backup_types set
3. remove copied folders and uploaded zip file(if uploaded to Storage)
4. keep keep_not_uploaded_items last items for not uploaded backup_types

Config

• fpt_server - storage server

• fpt_username - storage username

• fpt_password - storage password

• filemaker_path - path where Filemaker Server crates backups

• backups_path - local path where to keep backups

• branch - "root" folder in bucket

• backup_types - types of backups(folders) under filemaker_path

• upload_backup_types - list of backup_types uploaded to Storage

• keep_not_uploaded_items - if backup_types not uploaded to Storage keep keep_not_uploaded_items items in backups_path

Sample config file config.json

{
  "fpt_server": "...",
  "fpt_username": "...",
  "fpt_password": "...",
  "filemaker_path": "C:\\Program Files\\FileMaker\\FileMaker Server\\Data\\Backups",
  "backups_path": "C:\\Users\\admin\\Backups",
  "branch": "palladium",
  "backup_types": [
    "daily",
    "hourly"
  ],
  "upload_backup_types": [
    "daily"
  ],
  "keep_not_uploaded_items": 2
}