High level overview | laravel-backup | Spatie SPATIE Laravel Backup ================= spatie.be/open-source [Docs](https://spatie.be/docs) [Laravel-backup](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3) High level overview Version v10 v9 v8 v7 v6 v5 v4 v3 Other versions for crawler [v10](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v10) [v9](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v9) [v8](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v8) [v7](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v7) [v6](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v6) [v5](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v5) [v4](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v4) [v3](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3) High level overview - [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/introduction) - [ Postcardware ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/postcardware) - [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/requirements) - [ High level overview ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/high-level-overview) - [ Installation and setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/installation-and-setup) - [ Questions & issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/questions-and-issues) - [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/changelog) - [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/about-us) Taking Backups -------------- - [ Taking backups ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/taking-backups/overview) - [ Events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/taking-backups/events) Cleaning up old backups ----------------------- - [ Cleaning up old backups ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/cleaning-up-old-backups/overview) - [ Events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/cleaning-up-old-backups/events) Monitoring the health of all backups ------------------------------------ - [ Monitoring the health of all backups ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/monitoring-the-health-of-all-backups/overview) - [ Events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/monitoring-the-health-of-all-backups/events) Sending notifications --------------------- - [ Sending notifications ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/sending-notifications/overview) - [ Creating a custom sender ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/sending-notifications/creating-a-custom-sender) Advanced Usage -------------- - [ Adding Extra Files to the zip ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/advanced-usage/adding-extra-files-to-the-zip) - [ Backing up a non-laravel application ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v3/advanced-usage/backing-up-a-non-laravel-application) You are viewing the documentation for **an older version** of this package. You can check the version you are using with the following command: ` composer show spatie/laravel-backup ` High level overview =================== ### On this page 1. [ Taking backups ](#content-taking-backups) 2. [ Cleaning up old backups ](#content-cleaning-up-old-backups) 3. [ Monitoring the health of all backups ](#content-monitoring-the-health-of-all-backups) Taking backups -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The backup is a .zip file containing all files in the directories you specify, along with a dump of your database (MySQL and PostgreSQL are supported). The .zip file can automatically be copied over to [any of the filesystems](http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/filesystem) you have configured in Laravel 5. To make a backup you can run `php artisan backup:run`. In most cases you'll want to schedule this command. Cleaning up old backups ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you keep on performing backups eventually you'll run out of disk space (or you'll have to pay a very large bill for storage). To prevent this from happening the package is able to delete older backups. Monitoring the health of all backups -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Optionally, the package can check the health of your application's backups. A backup is considered unhealthy if the date of the last backup is too far in the past or if the backup becomes too large. In addition to monitoring the health of the application's own backups, backups of other applications can be monitored as well. 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