On Saturday 28 May 2011, David Goodenough wrote: > On Saturday 28 May 2011, Michael Schuerig wrote: > > On Saturday 28 May 2011, David Goodenough wrote: > > > Does anyone know what commands would need to be issued in order > > > to backup the MySql Akonadi data? Also where is the Postgresql > > > embedded data stored for Akonadi? > > > > I think this is a misconception. While Akonadi runs a private MySQL > > server instance, it does not do so with PostgreSQL. Instead, it > > just creates its own database that is served by the single, > > system-wide PostgreSQL server instance. In other words, your data > > will be stored somewhere below /var/lib/postgresql. > > That is not what the docs say. They say that with Postgresql you > have a choice, and that the data can either be held in a server > instance or in an embedded form (like the MySql data). The package > description says:- > > "By default, a local PostgreSQL server instance will be started for > each user. Alternatively, connection to an external PostgreSQL > database is supported as well."
Well, if the docs say so. But the only place for configuring the Akonadi database backend I see is in Akonadi Console, Configure Server. There, if I choose PostgreSQL, the caption says "External PostgreSQL Server" and below that there are fields for specifying the connection parameters. > > As far as backups go, are you sure you even need to backup the > > Akonadi database? Is there anything in the database that won't be > > recreated from its original source? If your contacts are stored in > > one or many vCard files and your calendar is in an iCal/ics file, > > I don't think you'll lose anything when you just switch to > > PostgreSQL. But don't take my word for it -- and make backups! > > well knowing what to back up helps. I would expect it to be > somewhere under ~/.kde, but I am not sure. For MySQL, the database is stored in ~/.local/share/akonadi. Configuration is in ~/.config/akonadi. Michael -- Michael Schuerig mailto:mich...@schuerig.de http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201105281533.08252.michael.li...@schuerig.de