There are multiple ways to perform a backup and recovery of your Redmine system. A good backup strategy should ensure that you can easily and quickly recover from the following:
Hardware failure or any other type of catastrophe
Compromised data
Compromised software code
This recipe provides only the basic manual backup technique of the complete Redmine directory and database. You can learn about the details of Redmine backup so that you can later easily configure any backup software of your choice to perform the backup for you or simply schedule these steps.
Prepare your backup and recovery strategy. Is it going to be a full backup, partial backup, saving deltas of last backup, or something else? Install any backup software if necessary, such as Bacula or Amanda.