Multiple questions about existing and future process to backup/redeploy/restore a passbolt server

Hi David,

  • There is any plan to provide an official backup script?
    At the moment not really, unless we manage to specify it and that enough users show interest. The reason why we didn’t do it so far is that from our experience, every organization have their own different backup processes in place with their preferred tooling. Like some orgs prefer to do virtual machine snapshots, some other prefer incrementala database dump, etc.

  • Can I made a PR for that?
    I think before making a PR it would make sense to wait until we’re done with the cakephp 3 migration. What would be nice in the meantime would be to work on a specification document. Like what should the option of such command be. Describe how we should test it, etc.

  • Other questions, there is a documentation for restoring backup?
    No but that could be a nice addition. We’re gonna launch a new help section next month, where everyone can contribute. See. As a user I can edit the online documentation

  • There is any plan to provide a debian/centos/etc… paquets or an ansible script to redeploy easily a passbolt server?
    Yes that’s something we’d like to do in middle/long term. We don’t have the resources to work on this at the moment unfortunately.

I ask theses questions because of Passbolt will come a critical infrastructure for me and my company (when some features will be implemented).

Yes it’s fair enough! It’s good you are not implementing passbolt without thinking this through first!

Have a good day,