Backups

Every system should have a good backup plan, even if it is printing all the setup screens. We will want a way to restore our configurations, should anything go wrong. Fortunately, this isn't so difficult with TrixBox; but we will need some method of dealing with the backup files once they are created.

The Setup link in the FreePBX main menu leads us to a Backup and Restore menu. Using this tool we can create a variety of backup schedules to fit our requirements. At the minimum, a weekly backup of config files and voicemail files is suggested. If voicemail is extremely important, then we can easily do a daily backup. However, we should keep in mind that a daily backup will create a new backup file every day and if we do not keep an eye on it, we could end up running out of disk space at some point.

We enter a name for our backup set and select which items we want to have backed up in the current set. Finally, we set a time to run the backup at. For a simple daily backup job, you...