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+#!/bin/bash
+# Backup script for Nextcloud in a kubernetes cluster
+
+# Retrieve container names
+nextcloud_container=$( docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep hugocloud-nextcloud_hugocloud-nextcloud )
+database_container=$( docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep hugocloud-postgresql_hugocloud-postgresql )
+
+# Abort entire script if any command fails
+set -e
+
+# Turn on maintenance mode
+docker exec --user www-data "${nextcloud_container}" php occ maintenance:mode --on
+
+# Database backup
+>&2 echo "Backing up database"
+docker exec "${database_container}" pg_dump "nextcloud" -cwv -h "localhost" -U "nextcloud" -f nextcloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
+
+# Turn off maintenance mode
+docker exec --user www-data "${nextcloud_container}" php occ maintenance:mode --off
+
+>&2 echo "Done"