igny8/docs/package-backup/PACKAGING-SETUP-COMPLETE.md

IGNY8 Application Packaging & Backup - Setup Complete ✅

What Was Created

1. Packaging Script

File: /data/app/igny8/scripts/package_app.sh

• ✅ Creates portable application packages
• ✅ Excludes all generated artifacts (node_modules, .venv, dist, logs, etc.)
• ✅ Generates SHA256 checksums for verification
• ✅ Auto-cleans old backups (7+ days)
• ✅ Package size: ~44 MB (compressed from ~56 MB source)

2. Automated Backup Tasks

File: /data/app/igny8/backend/igny8_core/tasks/backup.py

• ✅ backup.create_daily_app_package - Daily backup task
• ✅ backup.cleanup_old_packages - Weekly cleanup task
• ✅ Full error handling and logging

3. Celery Beat Schedule

File: /data/app/igny8/backend/igny8_core/celery.py

• ✅ Daily backup at 00:00 UTC
• ✅ Weekly cleanup on Mondays at 01:00 UTC

4. Documentation

• ✅ /data/app/igny8/INSTALLATION.md - Complete installation guide
• ✅ /data/app/igny8/docs/BACKUP-SYSTEM.md - Backup system documentation

First Backup Created

📦 Package: /data/backups/igny8/igny8-app-20251210_161527.tar.gz
📏 Size: 44 MB
🔐 SHA256: 5aa8fe458bcb75d1f4a455746a484015a81147bbfa8e8b1285e99195e2deacbd

How It Works

Automatic Daily Backups (00:00 UTC)

1. Celery Beat triggers backup.create_daily_app_package at midnight
2. Task executes /data/app/igny8/scripts/package_app.sh
3. Script creates compressed archive with date stamp
4. Package saved to /data/backups/igny8/
5. SHA256 checksum file generated
6. Old backups (7+ days) auto-deleted

What Gets Packaged

INCLUDED (~56 MB source):

• backend/igny8_core/ - All Django code
• backend/manage.py, requirements.txt
• frontend/src/, public/ - All React code
• frontend/package.json, build configs
• docs/, README.md
• Dockerfiles, docker-compose files

EXCLUDED (auto-generated):

• node_modules/ - NPM dependencies (297 MB)
• .venv/ - Python virtual environment (140 MB)
• dist/ - Build outputs
• *.sql, *.sqlite3 - Databases
• logs/ - Runtime logs
• Cache files, compiled files

Restoration Process

# On new server:
1. Extract: tar -xzf igny8-app-YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.tar.gz
2. Verify: sha256sum -c igny8-app-YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.tar.gz.sha256
3. Follow INSTALLATION.md to deploy

Testing & Verification

Manual Test (Already Done ✅)

/data/app/igny8/scripts/package_app.sh
# Result: Package created successfully at /data/backups/igny8/

Verify Celery Tasks

# Restart Celery to load new tasks
docker restart igny8_celery_worker igny8_celery_beat

# Check scheduled tasks
docker exec igny8_celery_beat celery -A igny8_core inspect scheduled

# View Beat logs
docker logs igny8_celery_beat

# Manually trigger backup (for testing)
docker exec igny8_celery_worker celery -A igny8_core call backup.create_daily_app_package

Monitor Backups

# List all backups
ls -lh /data/backups/igny8/

# Check latest backup
ls -lt /data/backups/igny8/ | head -3

# Verify checksum
cd /data/backups/igny8/
sha256sum -c igny8-app-*.tar.gz.sha256

Next Steps

1. Wait for first automated backup (will run at 00:00 UTC tonight)
2. Verify backup runs successfully:

   # Check tomorrow morning
   ls -lt /data/backups/igny8/
   

3. Optional: Add remote backup (copy to S3, Google Drive, etc.)

Retention Policy

• Packaging script: Deletes backups > 7 days old
• Cleanup task: Deletes backups > 30 days old (weekly check)
• Result: 7-30 days of backups retained automatically

Package Portability

✅ Portable - Package contains only source code ✅ Small - 44 MB compressed (vs ~500+ MB with dependencies) ✅ Clean - No generated files, logs, or secrets ✅ Verified - SHA256 checksum ensures integrity ✅ Self-contained - Everything needed to rebuild app

Deployment to New Server

From the package, you get a clean IGNY8 installation:

1. Extract package (44 MB)
2. Install Docker
3. Build images (Docker installs dependencies automatically)
4. Start services
5. Initialize database
6. Ready to run!

Dependencies installed automatically by Docker:

• Python packages from requirements.txt
• Node packages from package.json
• PostgreSQL, Redis containers
• All build tools and dependencies

Summary

✅ Automated daily backups at midnight ✅ Portable packages - only source code ✅ Auto-cleanup - keeps 7-30 days ✅ Checksum verification - ensures integrity ✅ Easy restoration - extract and deploy ✅ Documentation - complete guides created

Total disk usage for backups: ~44 MB × 7-30 days = 308 MB - 1.3 GB

Much better than storing everything (would be 10+ GB with node_modules, venv, etc.)!