A PostgreSQL physical backup is a regular file archive. Backups are created in Binary format.
Requirements:
Here is an example of configs for creating a backup of all databases on the PostgreSQL server running on localhost.
This job config defines rules to make database backups on the PostgreSQL server running on localhost:
job_name: postgresql_basebackup
type: postgresql_basebackup
tmp_dir: /var/backup/dump_tmp
safety_backup: false
deferred_copying: false
sources:
- name: psql_basebackup
connect:
db_host: localhost
db_port: "5432"
psql_ssl_mode: require
db_user: repmgr@postgres
db_password: repmgrP@5s
gzip: true
storages_options:
- storage_name: local
backup_path: /var/backup/dump
retention:
days: 7
weeks: 5
months: 5
If you need to configure additional storage or have questions about options, please visit the Job storage options page for more details.
If used user that does not have a corresponding database, e.g. "backup
" or "repmgr
", you can specify the database to which the user has access by specifying the name of the database after the username with the @
symbol, e.g. "backup@postgres
".
For this type of backup, there is no option to exclude any databases or tables from the dump.
postgresql_basebackup
type# Job unique name
job_name: string # Required
# Type of the backup job. `postgresql_basebackup`
type: string # Required
# Path to the directory used to temporarily store the backup during the creation process
tmp_dir: string # Required
# The option defines the order of rotation (deletion of old) backups, before creating a new copy or afterwards
safety_backup: bool # Default: false
# The option allows you to postpone copying until all backup parts of the job are complete before its delivery
deferred_copying: bool # Default: false
# The option enables compression of the backup archive
gzip: bool # Default: false
# Contains resource constraints for a specific job that override all others.
limits: map
# Limit the write speed to the local disc per second in `bytes`, `kb`, `mb`, etc. Example: "20mb".
# If "0" is used, there is no limitation.
disk_rate: string
# Limit the net speed to remote storages per second in `bytes`, `kb`, `mb`, etc. Example: "12mb".
# If "0" is used, there is no limitation.
net_rate: string
# Contains a list of individual subtasks for creating backups
sources: list
# Unique subtask name, used to separate storage paths
- name: string # Required
# Defines a set of parameters for connecting to the database. You may use either db_host,db_port or socket options. Options priority follows: db_host → socket
connect: map
# DB host address
db_host: string # Optional
# DB port
db_port: string # Optional
# DB user
db_user: string # Optional
# DB password
db_password: string # Optional
# Path to DB socket
socket: string # Optional
# PostgreSQL SSL mode option
psql_ssl_mode: string # Default: require
# Path to file containing SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate(s) for PostgreSQL
psql_ssl_root_cert: string # Optional
# Path to file containing SSL server certificate revocation list (CRL) for PostgreSQL
psql_ssl_crl: string # Optional
# The option enables compression of the backup archive, overwrites job level
gzip: bool # Default: false
# Special parameters for collecting database backups.
db_extra_keys: string # Optional
# List of storages to which backups should be delivered and their rotation rules
storages_options: list
# The name of the storage added to the main config. The name `local` is used to store a copy on host.
- storage_name: string # Reuired
# Path to directory where backups will be stored
backup_path: string # Reuired
# Enables backup rotation according to retention parameters.
enable_rotate: bool # Default: true
# Set of rules to store and rotate the backups.
retention: map
# Use backup retention count instead of retention period.
count_instead_of_period: bool # Default: false
# Count of days/daily copies to store backups. Multiple copies can be created in one day.
days: numeric # Default: 7
# Count of weeks/weekly copies to store backups created on sunday.
weeks: numeric # Default: 5
# Count of months/montly copies to store backups created on the first day of month.
months: numeric # Default: 12