How to Backup Your SimpleRisk Instance

Periodically backing up your SimpleRisk database is an important best practice that cannot be overlooked. Regular backups help safeguard your valuable data and ensure that you can quickly recover from unexpected issues. In this short video, we will demonstrate two effective methods for performing database backups, making the process straightforward and user-friendly for you. While we take care of daily backups of the entire instance of SimpleRisk for customers who subscribe to our hosted services, we strongly recommend that all customers, whether using our on-premises solutions or our hosted services, implement their own backup strategies at more frequent intervals. By doing so, you can mitigate the risks associated with data loss and minimize potential downtime. This proactive approach ensures that, in the event of an unforeseen system outage, you can restore your system quickly and efficiently, allowing you to maintain business continuity. To get started, please check out the video linked here, where we walk you through the backup processes step by step.

Method #1 This method uses a built-in function in SimpleRisk to create a “mysqldump”and downloads it to your machine. To accomplish this, simply go to the “Configure” menu located on the left side, and then select the “Register & Upgrade” option beneath it. This action will bring up a page that resembles the example shown below.

To access the “Backup the Database” button, you must have a registered instance of SimpleRisk with the “Upgrade” extra installed. Rest assured, any information provided will remain confidential and will only be used to assist you in utilizing SimpleRisk effectively.

Next, please enter your registration details and click “Update.” If you encounter any issues during this process, ensure that the “simplerisk” directory is writable by the web user.

Once the “Backup the Database” button appears on the right side of the page, simply click it to initiate the download of a SQL file containing your SimpleRisk database. After the download is complete, the process will be finished.

Method #2 The second method for backing up your database is to perform a manual “mysqldump.” This can be done from terminal using the following command: “mysqldump -u root-p dbname > simplerisk.sql” (DB name if default is “simplerisk”). This should will create a file in your current directory called “simplerisk.sql” and is a backup of the database in its entirety.

This is a short video on how to backup your SimpleRisk database

This concludes the video on “How to Perform a Backup” in SimpleRisk. If any questions were left unanswered or could use more in-depth descriptions, please use our Customer Support email address which is support@simplerisk.com