Thread:Project:Support desk/Is it possible to schedule an Export?

I am looking for a way to use the SpecialːExport feature, or something similar, to automate exporting everything it can export (user pages, sandboxes, history, everything possible) to an xml file that is saved to a directory on the server.

I am the admin for the server that MediaWiki is installed to, so if this can be accomplished through a cron job, or something similar, I can manage it, I just don't know how to execute the Export feature outside of visiting the page and using the interface.

The reason I want to do it this way is to make it as easy as possible for other users recreate the wiki, if they so desire, without the added complications of database restoration. And as an FYI, for uploaded files, I'm planning on just running a cron job to archive.