namespace :backup do desc "Backup Mongo" task :mongo do require 'cloudfiles' if APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_username] && APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_api_key] cf = CloudFiles::Connection.new(:username => APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_username], :api_key => APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_api_key]) mongo_container = cf.container("Mongo Backup") `mongodump -o /tmp/backup/mongo` tar_name = "mongo_#{Time.now.to_i}.tar" `tar cfP /tmp/backup/#{tar_name} /tmp/backup/mongo` file = mongo_container.create_object(tar_name) success = file.write File.open("/tmp/backup/" + tar_name) if success `rm /tmp/backup/#{tar_name}` `rm -rf /tmp/backup/mongo/` end else puts "Cloudfiles username and api key needed" end end end