Scheduled backup

The backup process can be run regularly using cron.

Run:

crontab -e

Write this in the cron editor:

0 3 * * * <path_inside_the_project_folder>/venv/bin/python <path_inside_the_project_folder>/manage.py dumpdata --natural-foreign --natural-primary -e contenttypes -e auth.Permission --indent 2 > <path_inside_the_project_folder>/data.json

And save pressing Ctrl+X.

note

The above script will run a cron job to take backup every day at 3 a.m. The schedule can be changed by updating 0 3 * * * according to cron scripting format.