Database S3 backups

This script provides a simple all-in-one automated way to back up your databases to AWS S3.

Supported databases:

• postgres
• mysql
• mongodb

Features

• Define multiple databases of different types in your configuration, and the script will automatically handle the backup process for all of them in one execution.
• Backups can be initiated either upon the script execution or on a scheduled basis using a cron job.
• Backups are compressed to reduce file size.

How it works

1. Define database connection URI strings for each database you want backed up and the backup schedule
2. The script will connect to the database(s) and do a dump
3. The dump is compressed and uploaded to your defined AWS S3 Bucket
4. Finally, the dumps are cleaned up on the local file system

Configuration

Create a .env file in the root directory with the following variables:

RUN_ON_STARTUP=true
CRON=0 0 * * *
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<ACCESS_KEY_ID>
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
AWS_S3_BUCKET=<S3_BUCKET>
AWS_S3_REGION=<S3_REGION>
AWS_S3_ENDPOINT=<S3_ENDPOINT>
DATABASES="mysql://user:password@host:port/database,postgresql://user:password@host:port/database,mongodb://user:password@host:port"

Environment variables

Key	Description	Optional	Default Value
DATABASES	Comma-separated connection strings list of database URIs that should be backed up.	No	[]
RUN_ON_STARTUP	Boolean value that indicates if the script should run immediately on startup.	Yes	false
CRON	Cron expression for scheduling when the backup job will run for all databases. See Crontab.guru for help setting up schedules.	Yes
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	AWS access key ID.	No
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	AWS secret access key.	No
AWS_S3_BUCKET	Name of the S3 bucket.	No
AWS_S3_REGION	Region of the S3 bucket.	No
AWS_S3_ENDPOINT	Endpoint for the S3 service.	No