# Utilities to keep mastodon instance clean (and hopefully running)

## Postgres backup

(All the mastodon installation is in `/home/mastodon/live` running as `mastodon`).

Create a `/home/mastodon/.bin` directory and place there the backup script (`dobackup.sh`)
Create also:

 - `/home/mastodon/.bu`
 - `/home/mastodon/.bu/monthly`

Then place in (assuming we are on a debian-like distro) `/lib/systemd/system` the following:

 - `pg_backup_daily.service`
 - `pg_backup_daily.timer`
 - `pg_backup_monthly.service`
 - `pg_backup_monthly.timer`


And start them (as root):

```
$ systemctl enable pg_backup_*.timer
```