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postgresql [2018/07/24 15:11] mstraub [Incremental Backups on Localhost] |
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# set a password | # set a password | ||
\password | \password | ||
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+ | # make an existing user superuser (or remove superuser rights) | ||
+ | sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER theuser WITH SUPERUSER;" | ||
+ | sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER theuser WITH NOSUPERUSER;" | ||
# create a restricted user with password (long and short version) | # create a restricted user with password (long and short version) | ||
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==== Setting a password for user postgres ==== | ==== Setting a password for user postgres ==== | ||
<code sql> | <code sql> | ||
- | alter user postgres with password 'password'; | + | \password postgres |
</code> | </code> | ||
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sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --log-level-console=info check | sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --log-level-console=info check | ||
- | Make backups (e.g. from a cronjob) | + | Make backups manually (e.g. from a cronjob) |
sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --type=full --log-level-console=detail backup | sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --type=full --log-level-console=detail backup | ||
sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --type=incr --log-level-console=detail backup | sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --type=incr --log-level-console=detail backup | ||
- | Restore latest backup. The cluster must be stopped and the cluster directory must exist and be empty. | + | Make **regular backups via cronjob** |
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+ | <file - /etc/cron.d/pgbackrest> | ||
+ | #minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week user command | ||
+ | 0 4 * * 0 postgres pgbackrest --type=full --stanza=STANZANAME backup | ||
+ | 0 4 * * 1-6 postgres pgbackrest --type=diff --stanza=STANZANAME backup | ||
+ | </file> | ||
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+ | **Restore latest backup.** The cluster must be stopped and the cluster directory must exist and be empty. | ||
sudo systemctl stop postgresql@9.5-CLUSTERNAME | sudo systemctl stop postgresql@9.5-CLUSTERNAME | ||
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sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --log-level-console=detail restore | sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=STANZANAME --log-level-console=detail restore | ||
sudo systemctl start postgresql@9.5-CLUSTERNAME | sudo systemctl start postgresql@9.5-CLUSTERNAME | ||
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+ | To **restore a specific backup** use ''%%--set%%'' with the name of a folder in ''/var/lib/pgbackrest/backup/STANZANAME'', e.g.: | ||
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+ | sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --set=20180724-144511F --stanza=STANZANAME --log-level-console=detail restore | ||
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+ | You can also copy the contents of ''/var/lib/pgbackrest'' to a different device and restore it there. | ||
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+ | Log files can be found in ''/var/log/pgbackrest''. | ||
====== Performance Tuning ====== | ====== Performance Tuning ====== | ||