Implement custom directory backup

README.MD

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ All configuration options can be found in the `backup.cfg` file. The script has
 | db_password | ------> | Password for DB access |
 | db_name | ------> | Name of database |
 | db_all | ------> | Dump all databases instead of specific one |
+| custom_backup | true/false | Enable backup of custom files |
+| custom_dirs | ------> |  Array of files/directories to backup
 
 
 ## Logs to backup array 📚

backup.cfg

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 # Please double check Your settings
 # --------------------------------------------------------
-enabled=false #enable main function
-backup_path='/opt/backify/' # location of backups
+enabled=false #enable the script
+backup_path='/opt/backify/' # where do you want backups saved
 www_backup=false # backup wwwroot
-www_dir='xyz' # wwwroot location
-vhost_backup=false # backup vhost config 
-vhost_dir='/etc/httpd/sites-enabled' # vhost location
+www_dir='xyz' # location of wwwroot to backup
+vhost_backup=false # backup vhost configurations
+vhost_dir='/etc/httpd/sites-enabled' # location of active vhost files
 log_backup=false # backup logs
 log_to_backup=("apache" "nginx" "fail2ban" "pckg_mngr" "auth" "dmesg" "dpkg" "letsencrypt" "php" "syslog" "purge") 
 # logs to backup, options: apache, nginx, fail2ban, pckg_mngr, auth, dmesg, dpkg, letsencrypt, php, syslog, purge (truncate all))
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ db_username=user #database user
 db_password=user #database password
 db_all=false #dumps all databases if true
 db_name=user #name of the database
+custom_backup=false #backup custom files or directories
+custom_dirs=("/opt/example" "/var/log/script.log") #array of custom files and/or directories to backup

main.sh

@@ -331,6 +331,16 @@ function backup_db {
   fi
 }
 
+function custombackup {
+  if [ "$custom_backup" = "true" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$tmpdir/custom"
+    for i in "${custom_dirs[@]}"
+      do
+        cp -r $i $tmpdir/custom/
+      done
+  fi
+}
+
 function runbackup {
   # init, config check
   init
@@ -351,6 +361,8 @@ function runbackup {
     if [ "$db_backup" = true ]; then
       backup_db
     fi
+    # step 7 : custom backup
+    custombackup
     # archive data
     echo "Creating backup archive..." >&2
     tar -czvf $backup_path/backify-$timestamp.tar.gz $tmpdir