Ghost/core/server/data/db/backup.js

// # Backup Database
// Provides for backing up the database before making potentially destructive changes
var fs = require('fs-extra'),
    path = require('path'),
    Promise = require('bluebird'),
    config = require('../../config'),
    common = require('../../lib/common'),
    urlUtils = require('../../lib/url-utils'),
    exporter = require('../exporter'),

    writeExportFile,
    backup;

writeExportFile = function writeExportFile(exportResult) {
    var filename = path.resolve(urlUtils.urlJoin(config.get('paths').contentPath, 'data', exportResult.filename));

    return fs.writeFile(filename, JSON.stringify(exportResult.data)).return(filename);
};

/**
 * ## Backup
 * does an export, and stores this in a local file
 * @returns {Promise<*>}
 */
backup = function backup(options) {
    common.logging.info('Creating database backup');
    options = options || {};

    var props = {
        data: exporter.doExport(options),
        filename: exporter.fileName(options)
    };

    return Promise.props(props)
        .then(writeExportFile)
        .then(function successMessage(filename) {
            common.logging.info('Database backup written to: ' + filename);
            return filename;
        });
};

module.exports = {
    backup
};