Bamboo 3.4 : Backing up Bamboo instances over 4GB

Due to limitations of the original ZIP file format, and the TrueZIP library used to generate ZIP files, it is not possible to export a Bamboo instance when the resulting ZIP file, or the original size of any of its components, is larger than 4GB. Instead, you will need to backup Bamboo manually. We strongly recommend performing regular backups.

To backup Bamboo manually:

  1. Shut down Bamboo.
  2. Copy the contents of your <Bamboo-Home> directory. You can delete bamboo's working copy folder <bamboo-home>/xml-data/build-dir beforehand to reduce the size. Zip this backup.
  3. If you are using an external database, use the database's native backup tool to backup your database (please consult your database documentation for further instructions). Alternatively, perform an SQL dump of your database.

To restore your Bamboo instance to a previous state:

  1. Edit the ../Bamboo-Install-Directory/webapps/WEB-INF/bamboo.init.properties file to point to your backed-upĀ  Bamboo-Home directory.
  2. If you are using an external database, restore your database using the database's native backup tool .