#!/usr/bin/env bash # Nightly Postgres backup for the KeepItTalking data server. # # Install (as root, on the data server): # sudo cp deploy/backup-postgres.sh /usr/local/bin/chatapp-backup-postgres.sh # sudo chmod 0700 /usr/local/bin/chatapp-backup-postgres.sh # sudo crontab -e # # add: # 0 3 * * * /usr/local/bin/chatapp-backup-postgres.sh # # See ../DEPLOYMENT.md for the full data-server setup this fits into. set -euo pipefail DB_NAME="chatapp" DB_USER="chatapp" BACKUP_DIR="/var/backups/chatapp" RETENTION_DAYS=14 TIMESTAMP="$(date +%F-%H%M%S)" DEST="${BACKUP_DIR}/chatapp-${TIMESTAMP}.sql.gz" mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR" # Runs as the postgres OS user (peer auth) so no password handling here -- # see DEPLOYMENT.md for why the crontab entry above is on root's crontab # calling `sudo -u postgres` implicitly via pg_dump's own permission model. sudo -u postgres pg_dump --format=plain --no-owner --dbname="$DB_NAME" \ | gzip > "$DEST" echo "Backed up ${DB_NAME} to ${DEST}" # Local rotation -- keep RETENTION_DAYS days on this box regardless of # whether off-box shipping (below) is configured yet. find "$BACKUP_DIR" -name 'chatapp-*.sql.gz' -mtime "+${RETENTION_DAYS}" -delete # --- Off-box shipping ------------------------------------------------- # Not configured yet -- destination wasn't decided as of this script being # written. Uncomment and fill in ONE of these once you have somewhere to # send it; a local-only backup doesn't survive losing this machine. # # rsync (to a second host reachable by the data server, e.g. over the same # private network / a WireGuard tunnel used for anything else): # rsync -a "$DEST" backup-user@backup-host:/path/to/chatapp-backups/ # # S3-compatible object storage (needs `aws configure` or rclone set up # separately first): # aws s3 cp "$DEST" s3://your-bucket/chatapp-backups/ # # or: rclone copy "$DEST" remote:chatapp-backups/