restic-pg-dump

Docker image that runs pg_dump individually for every database on a given server and saves incremental encrypted backups via restic.

By default:

• Uses S3 as restic repository backend.
• Runs every hour via cron job.
• Keeps 24 latest, 7 daily, 4 weekly, and 12 monthly snapshots.
• Prunes old snapshots every week.

NOTE: Pruning requires an exclusive lock, and should be done infrequently from a single host.

Usage

Run:

$ docker run \
-d \
-e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='...' \
-e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='...' \
-e PGHOST='...' \
-e PGPASSWORD='...' \
-e PGUSER='...' \
-e RESTIC_PASSWORD='...' \
-e RESTIC_REPOSITORY='s3:s3.amazonaws.com/...' \
--name restic-pg-dump \
--restart always \
interaction/restic-pg-dump

You can also pass the following environment variables to override the defaults:

-e RESTIC_BACKUP_SCHEDULE='0 * * * *'  # Hourly
-e RESTIC_PRUNE_SCHEDULE='0 14 * * 0'  # Sunday midnight, AEST. Use '' to disable.
-e PGPORT='5432'
-e RESTIC_KEEP_HOURLY='24'
-e RESTIC_KEEP_DAILY='7'
-e RESTIC_KEEP_WEEKLY='4'
-e RESTIC_KEEP_MONTHLY='12'

You can backup 5 different database clusters with PG*_[1..5], and assign an arbitrary hostname with HOSTNAME_[1..5] (if PGHOST is not a fully qualified domain name) environment variables.

-e HOSTNAME_2='...'
-e PGHOST_2='...'
-e PGPASSWORD_2='...'
-e PGPORT_2='5432'
-e PGUSER_2='...'

A docker-compose.yml file is provided for convenience.

Restore (macOS)

Create a .envrc file from .envrc.example and update with your AWS, PostgreSQL and Restic credentials.

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ixc/restic-pg-dump/master/.envrc.example -O .envrc

Restrict access to .envrc, because it contains AWS and restic credentials:

$ chmod 600 .envrc

Install direnv via Homebrew and configure to ensure your .envrc file is always sourced when you change to this directory:

$ brew install direnv
$ eval "$(direnv hook bash)"  # Change bash to zsh/fish/tcsh, if necessary, and add to your shell's RC file
$ direnv allow

Install restic via Homebrew:

$ brew install restic

List snapshots:

$ restic snapshots

Restore the latest snapshot for a given server:

$ restic restore --host {HOSTNAME} --target "restore/{HOSTNAME}" latest

Restore files matching a pattern from latest snapshot for a given server:

$ restic restore --host "{HOSTNAME}" --target "restore/{HOSTNAME}" --include '*-production.sql' latest

Mount the restic repository via fuse (read-only):

$ restic mount mnt

Then, access the latest snapshot from another terminal:

$ ls -l "mnt/hosts/{HOSTNAME}/latest"
$ psql -f "mnt/hosts/{HOSTNAME}/latest/pg_dump/{DBNAME}.sql" {DBNAME}

WARNING: Mounting the restic repository via fuse will open an exclusive lock and prevent all scheduled backups until the lock is released.