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Backing up and restoring your MAP server

Backing up your MAP server​

Saved items​

The saved items are:

  • Saving configuration files (/etc/centreon-map)
  • Saving database centreon_map

How it works?​

The backup script is executed on a daily basis (2AM) with a cron job located in /etc/cron.d/centreon-map-engine-backup:

#
# Cron to backup Centreon MAP server
#
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# rewrite file with new cron line
CRONTAB_EXEC_USER=""

0 2 * * * root bash /usr/share/centreon-map-engine/bin/centreon-map-engine-backup.sh >> /var/log/centreon-map/backup.log 2>&1

The backup centreon-map-engine-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz is stored in BACKUP_DIR, which is defined in configuration file.

Backup parameters​

Backup parameters are stored in /etc/centreon-map/backup.conf

  • ENABLE: enable/disable backup mechanism (default value: 1)
  • BACKUP_DIR: where the backup is stored (default value: /var/cache/centreon-map/backup)
  • RETENTION_AGE: backup retention in days (default value: 8)

We advise to export backups to another resource in order to secure them.

Restoring data from Centreon MAP server​

Restore process is divided in several steps:

  • Extracting backup
  • Restoring configuration files
  • Restoring database

We assume that you have followed the Centreon MAP server installation procedure to get a fresh install.

Extract backup​

Get the last centreon-map-engine-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz backup and extract it into /tmp directory:

cd /tmp
tar -xf centreon-map-engine-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz

(where yyyy-mm-dd is the backup date)

The output should look like this:

ls -lrt /tmp/
-rw-r--r--. 1 root             root                37353 Jul  8 13:44 centreon-map-engine.dump

Restore configuration files​

You extracted the centreon-map-engine-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz file at the previous step. Now you can check the presence of the .dump file and the etc directory:

ls -lrt /var/cache/centreon-map/backup

The output should look like this:

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18667 Jul  8 18:00 centreon-map-engine-2025-07-08.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18667 Jul  9 23:58 centreon-map-engine-2025-07-09.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root  4096 Jul 10 12:42 etc
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 39504 Jul 10 12:42 centreon-map-engine.dump
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18667 Jul 10 12:44 centreon-map-engine-2025-07-10.tar.gz

Enter the following command:

cp -R /var/cache/centreon-map/backup/etc/* /etc/centreon-map/

If the files already exist, the output should look like this:

cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/backup.conf'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/centreon-database.properties'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/centreon-map.conf'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/configure.sh'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/diagnostic.sh'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/extractor.php'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/map-config.properties'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/map-database.properties'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/map-log.xml'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/templates/centreon-database.properties'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/templates/map-config.properties'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/templates/map-database.properties'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/templates/map-log.xml'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/utils/findSpecialCharacters.sh'? y
cp: overwrite '/etc/centreon-map/vars.sh'? y

The backup of configuration files went well!

Now you can check the files with the date and copy time. Enter the following command:

ls -lrt /etc/centreon-map/

The output should look like this:

-rw-r--r--.  1 root         root            165 Jul 10 12:53 backup.conf
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map   1265 Jul 10 12:53 centreon-database.properties
-rw-r--r--.  1 centreon-map centreon-map    124 Jul 10 12:53 centreon-map.conf
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map  30382 Jul 10 12:53 configure.sh
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map   9470 Jul 10 12:53 diagnostic.sh
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map    473 Jul 10 12:53 extractor.php
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map   1979 Jul 10 12:53 map-config.properties
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map    645 Jul 10 12:53 map-database.properties
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map   1472 Jul 10 12:53 map-log.xml
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 centreon-map centreon-map   1062 Jul 10 12:53 vars.sh

Restore database​

To restore centreon_map database, run the following command:

systemctl stop centreon-map-engine
mysql -h <db_host> -u <db_user> -p<db_password> <centreon_map> < centreon-map-engine.dump
systemctl start centreon-map-engine