backup

The backup running mode executes a full backup against another database container using the standard pg_basebackup utility that is included with PostgreSQL.

MODE: backup

Environment Variables

Required

Name	Default	Description
MODE	None	Set to backup to run as pg_basebackup job
BACKUP_LABEL	crunchy-backup	The label for the backup.
BACKUP_HOST	None	Name of the database the backup is being performed on.
BACKUP_USER	None	Username for the PostgreSQL role being used.
BACKUP_PASS	None	Password for the PostgreSQL role being used.
BACKUP_PORT	5432	Database port used to do the backup.

Optional

Name	Default	Description
CRUNCHY_DEBUG	FALSE	Set this to true to enable debugging in logs. Note: this mode can reveal secrets in logs.
BACKUP_OPTS	None	Optional parameters to pass to pg_basebackup.

Backup Location

Backups are stored in a mounted backup volume location, using the database host name plus -backups as a sub-directory, then followed by a unique backup directory based upon a date/timestamp. It is left to the user to perform database backup archives in this current version of the container. This backup location is referenced when performing a database restore.