postgres_manage_python

Utility to backup, restore and list Postgresql databases from/to AWS S3 (or local storage) using python

Getting Started

Setup

Create and activate virtualenv

virtualenv -p python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies
```
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
```

Create configuration file (ie. sample.config)

[setup]
# define if LOCAL or S3 storage will be used when storing/restoring the backup
storage_engine='S3'

[S3]
bucket_name="db_backups.s3.my.domain.com"  # S3 bucket name (no need for s3:// prefix)
bucket_backup_path="postgres/"  # PATH in the bucket to store your backups

[local_storage]
path=./backups/

[postgresql]
host=<your_psql_addr(probably 127.0.0.1)>
port=<your_psql_port(probably 5432)>
db=<your_db_name>
user=<your_username>
password=<your_password>

Usage

List databases on a postgresql server

python3 manage_postgres_db.py --configfile sample.config --action list_dbs --verbose true

Create database backup and store it (based on config file details)

python3 manage_postgres_db.py --configfile sample.config --action backup --verbose true

List previously created database backups available on storage engine

python3 manage_postgres_db.py --configfile sample.config --action list --verbose true

Restore previously created database backups available on storage engine (check available dates with list action)

python3 manage_postgres_db.py --configfile sample.config --action restore --date "YYYY-MM-dd" --verbose true

Restore previously created database backups into a new destination database

python3 manage_postgres_db.py --configfile sample.config --action restore --date "YYYY-MM-dd" --dest-db new_DB_name

Authors

Val Feron - Initial work - github

LicenseMIT License

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