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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# base setup
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath $0)
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $SCRIPT_PATH)
+
+# configuration
+CONFIGURATION=${CONFIGURATION:-"example"}
+KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG:-${SCRIPT_DIR}/../configurations/${CONFIGURATION}/kubeconfig.yaml}
+BACKUP_DATE=$(date "+%F_%H-%M-%S")
+BACKUP_FOLDER=${BACKUP_FOLDER:-${SCRIPT_DIR}/../configurations/${CONFIGURATION}/backup/${BACKUP_DATE}}
+
+# create backup fodler
+mkdir -p ${BACKUP_FOLDER}
+
+# maintenance mode on
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/cluster.maintenance.sh on
+
+# shutdown database
+kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} get deployment ocelot-neo4j -o json \
+    | jq '.spec.template.spec.containers[] += {"command": ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]}' \
+    | kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} apply -f -
+
+# wait for the container to restart
+sleep 60
+
+# database backup
+kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default exec -it \
+    $(kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default get pods | grep ocelot-neo4j | awk '{ print $1 }') \
+    -- neo4j-admin dump --to=/var/lib/neo4j/$BACKUP_DATE-neo4j-dump
+# copy neo4j backup to local drive
+kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} cp \
+    default/$(kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default get pods | grep ocelot-neo4j |awk '{ print $1 }'):/var/lib/neo4j/$BACKUP_DATE-neo4j-dump $BACKUP_FOLDER/neo4j-dump
+# copy image data
+kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} cp \
+    default/$(kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default get pods | grep ocelot-backend |awk '{ print $1 }'):/app/public/uploads $BACKUP_FOLDER/public-uploads
+
+# restart database
+kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} get deployment ocelot-neo4j -o json \
+    | jq 'del(.spec.template.spec.containers[].command)' \
+    | kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} apply -f -
+
+# wait for the container to restart
+sleep 60
+
+# maintenance mode off
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/cluster.maintenance.sh off
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