Laravel Backup Station

Automatic database backups for Laravel — schedule, retention rules, monthly snapshots, rename, download, and a beautiful dashboard. Built in the same style as laravel-logman.

Features

• 📅 Scheduled backups — hourly / daily / weekly / monthly / custom cron, no scheduler boilerplate
• 🗂️ Max copies retention — hard cap on the number of backup files
• 🗓️ Monthly keep rule — keep one backup from a chosen day-of-month for N months
• ⏳ Age-based pruning — delete backups older than X days
• 📌 Mark important backups so retention never deletes them
• ↺ Restore any successful backup back into its database with one click
• ⚠ Missing-file detection — entries whose file no longer exists on the disk are flagged in the dashboard
• 🐬 Multi-driver — MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite
• 🗜️ ZIP / Gzip / Plain — backups default to .sql.zip (opens with any tool); switch to .sql.gz or plain .sql via BACKUP_STATION_ARCHIVE
• ⬇️ Download any backup with one click
• ✏️ Rename backups in place (extension preserved)
• 🔍 Search & filter by filename, database, status
• 🌑 Dark mode with persistent preference
• 🔒 Password protection + authorize callback for the dashboard
• 📒 JSON metadata stored in backups.json next to the SQL files
• 🛠️ Artisan commands for manual run / cleanup / install
• 🔁 Multi-connection support — back up several DB connections in one run
• 📣 Notifications — Mail / Slack / Telegram / Discord / Log, with per-event routing
• 🚀 Async by default — Mail, Telegram, Discord deliver via the queue (afterResponse) so the dashboard never blocks

Installation

composer require mahmoud-mhamed/laravel-backup-station
php artisan backup-station:install

Open /backup-station in your browser.

Configuration

Edit config/backup-station.php:

'schedule' => [
    'enabled' => true,
    'frequency' => 'daily',          // hourly|daily|twiceDaily|monthly|cron
    'time' => '02:00',
    'days' => ['*'],                 // every day; or ['monday','wednesday','friday'], or [1,3,5]
    'day_of_month' => 1,             // used by frequency=monthly
    'cron' => '0 2 * * *',
],

'storage' => [
    'disk' => env('BACKUP_STATION_DISK'),     // null = filesystems.default; or 's3', 'minio', 'spaces'…
    'path' => env('BACKUP_STATION_PATH', 'backup-station'),
],

'notifications' => [
    'on_success' => ['enabled' => true, 'channels' => ['log']],
    'on_failure' => ['enabled' => true, 'channels' => ['log', 'mail']],

    'channels' => [
        'mail' => [
            // Either a literal array or a comma-separated env value.
            'to' => ['admin@example.com', 'devops@example.com'],
            // or: 'to' => env('BACKUP_STATION_MAIL_TO'),
            'from' => env('BACKUP_STATION_MAIL_FROM', env('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS')),
            'mailer' => env('BACKUP_STATION_MAILER', env('MAIL_MAILER')),
            'queue' => true,    // async by default
        ],
        'slack' => [
            'webhook' => env('BACKUP_STATION_SLACK_WEBHOOK', env('LOG_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL')),
            'queue' => false,   // webhook is fast; sync is fine
        ],
        'telegram' => [
            'bot_token' => env('BACKUP_STATION_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN'),
            'chat_id' => env('BACKUP_STATION_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID'),
            'queue' => true,    // async by default
        ],
        'discord' => [
            'webhook' => env('BACKUP_STATION_DISCORD_WEBHOOK'),
            'queue' => true,    // async by default
        ],
    ],
],

'retention' => [
    'max_backups' => 30,         // hard cap (0 = unlimited)
    'keep_for_days' => 14,       // delete older than (0 = forever)
    'monthly_keep' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'day' => 1,              // keep the 1st of each month
        'keep_months' => 12,     // for 12 months
    ],
],

The package auto-registers its scheduler — just make sure Laravel's schedule:run is wired up (Laravel 11+ does this for you).

Artisan Commands

php artisan backup-station:run                 # back up now
php artisan backup-station:run --connection=mysql --note="Pre-deploy"
php artisan backup-station:cleanup             # apply retention policy now
php artisan backup-station:install             # publish config
php artisan backup-station:install --force     # overwrite existing config

Use --force when re-running install after a package upgrade if you want the published config/backup-station.php overwritten with the latest defaults. Without --force, your existing file is preserved.

Programmatic API

use MahmoudMhamed\BackupStation\Facades\BackupStation;

BackupStation::runBackup();             // returns created entries
BackupStation::applyRetentionPolicy();  // returns deleted IDs
BackupStation::stats();                 // dashboard stats

Loading Indicator

Long-running operations (creating a backup, importing a backup file, running retention cleanup) display a full-screen spinner overlay while the request is in flight, so the user can see the action is in progress and won't double-submit.

Dashboard

The dashboard at /backup-station shows:

• Total / success / failed counts and disk usage
• Latest backup
• Full list with Download, Rename, Pin, Delete actions
• "Run Backup Now" and "Cleanup" buttons
• Search and per-page filtering
• Config viewer page
• About page with the full feature list

Security

// config/backup-station.php
'viewer' => [
    'password' => env('BACKUP_STATION_PASSWORD'),
    'middleware' => ['web', 'auth'],
    'authorize' => fn ($req) => $req->user()?->isAdmin(),
],

When authorize is null, the dashboard is only reachable in local env.

License

MIT