Send backup via e-mail

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ℹ️ Info: This script can not be used on its own but requires the base installation. See main README for details.

Description

This script sends binary backup (/system/backup/save) and complete configuration export (/export terse show-sensitive) via e-mail.

Requirements and installation

Just install the script and the required module:

$ScriptInstallUpdate mod/notification-email,backup-email;

Also make sure you configure sending notifications via e-mail.

Configuration

The configuration goes to global-config-overlay, these are the parameters:

• BackupFileNameDate: whether to add date & time in filenames
• BackupSendBinary: whether to send binary backup
• BackupSendExport: whether to send configuration export
• BackupSendGlobalConfig: whether to send global-config-overlay
• BackupPassword: password to encrypt the backup with
• BackupRandomDelay: delay up to amount of seconds when run from scheduler

ℹ️ Info: Copy relevant configuration from global-config (the one without -overlay) to your local global-config-overlay and modify it to your specific needs.

Usage and invocation

Just run the script:

/system/script/run backup-email;

Creating a scheduler may be an option:

/system/scheduler/add interval=1w name=backup-email on-event="/system/script/run backup-email;" start-time=09:15:00;

See also

• Upload backup to Mikrotik cloud
• Save configuration to fallback partition
• Send notifications via e-mail
• Upload backup to server

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