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+.. _Additional Tips:
+
+Additional Tips
+---------------
+
+Here are some additional tips as far as administration of a CubicWeb is concerned.
+
+Backup, backup, backup
+``````````````````````
+
+It is always a good idea to backup. If your system does not do that,
+you should set it up. Note that whenever you do an upgrade,
+`cubicweb-ctl` offers you to backup your database.
+
+There are a number of ways for doing backups. Before you go ahead,
+make sure the following permissions are correct ::
+
+   # chgrp postgres /var/lib/cubicweb/backup
+
+   # chmod g+ws /var/lib/cubicweb/backup
+
+   # chgrp postgres /etc/cubicweb.d/*<instance>*/sources
+
+   # chmod g+r /etc/cubicweb.d/*<instance>*/sources
+
+**Classic way**
+
+Simply use the pg_dump in a cron ::
+
+    pg_dump -Fc --username=cubicweb --no-owner --file=/var/lib/cubicweb/backup/<instance>-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S').dump
+
+**CubicWeb way**
+
+The CubicWeb way is to use the `db-dump` command. For that, you have to put your passwords in a user-only-readable file at the
+root of the postgres user. The file is `.pgpass` (`chmod 0600`), in this case for a socket run connection to postgres ::
+
+    /var/run/postgresql:5432:<instance>:cubicweb:<password>
+
+The postgres documentation for the `.pgpass` format can be found `here`_
+
+Then add the following command to the crontab of the postgres user (`su posgres 'crontab -e'`)::
+
+    # m h  dom mon dow   command
+    0 2 * * * cubicweb-ctl db-dump <instance>
+
+**The automated sysadmin way**
+
+You can use a combination `backup-ninja`_ (which has a postgres script in the example directory), `backuppc`)_ (for versionning).
+
+Please note that in the *CubicWeb way* it adds a second location for your password which is error-prone.
+
+.. _`here` : http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-pgpass.html
+.. _`backup-ninja` : https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/
+.. _`backuppc` : http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/