Miab version v69a - creates a Nextcloud backup

[tkforbes]

I noticed there was a new miab update to install today. I ran the upgrade. My box runs on a 20G VPS and space is at a premium.

The update reported that Nextcloud was being upgraded and a Nextcloud backup was created.to /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2024-07-21-13:14:15. At the conclusion of the miab upgrade I checked that location and found.

root@box:/home/user-data/owncloud-backup# du -hs */
4.0K	2024-07-17-14:12:27/
694M	2024-07-21-13:46:18/

This topic is mostly a public service announcement that your miab might be consuming space that you don’t want it to. Perhaps the miab upgrade should delete the Nextcloud backup on successful conclusion. There isn’t anything in the management interface to address Nextcloud backups.

[dfowlkes]

Thanks for the “heads up”. I had Nextcloud backups going back to 2020. I deleted the old ones.

[box]

My has also few BackUp files: (and good to know they are there)
[It does not look that it’s the v69a that introduced BackUps as my are from 2020}…

~$ sudo du -hs /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/*

282M    /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2020-08-02-09:26:14
283M    /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2020-11-18-09:29:06
416M    /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2021-08-05-09:32:19
407M    /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2022-01-29-16:27:42
1.1M    /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2023-12-18-15:59:42
633M    /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2024-04-02-17:31:16
680M    /home/user-data/owncloud-backup/2024-07-21-20:11:15

[themew]

If I don’t use owncloud at all, can I delete the backups without affecting my MIAB installation or re-installation? Not sure if the installer or MIAB status page cares if t he backups exist…

[JoshData]

@themew

If I don’t use owncloud at all, can I delete the backups without affecting my MIAB installation or re-installation?

Yes, you can delete them.