Backup up your Ubuntu server installation using the tar command via the terminal.

Two easy steps simplified

To Create the Backup Archive:

sudo tar -cvpzf yourbackupfilename.tar.gz --exclude=/path/to/backup/yourbackupfilename.tar.gz --one-file-system /

In the last part of the command a single forward slash will backup the entire root directory, or you can specify a certain directory to backup.

Restoring your backup:

sudo tar -xvpzf /path/to/yourbackupfilename.tar.gz -C /directory/to/restore/to --numeric-owner

If restoring a complete root directory backup the last section of this command would simply be a forward slash /

Reboot and enjoy.

#!/bin/sh
sudo tar --cvpzf /home/agnav/backups/sys_$(date +\%Y\%m\%d).tgz --exclude='/home/agnav/temp' --exclude='/home/agnav/agmission' --exclude='/home/agnav/db' --exclude='/home/agnav/jsreport' --exclude='/home/agnav/backups' / --one-file-system

sudo tar --cvpzf /home/agnav/backups/agm_$(date +\%Y\%m\%d).tgz /home/agnav/agmission /home/agnav/jsreport /home/agnav/db


Run script to update userId maps
mongo --quiet -host agmission.agnav.com -u "agm" -p "Agm2017" --authenticationDatabase "agmission" agmission  c_users_map.js > users_map.csv