Rake task for backing up MySQL database to AWS-S3 in Rails Application

backup.rake

namespace :db do  desc "Backup database to AWS-S3"
  task :backup => [:environment] do
    datestamp = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
    backup_filename = "#{Rails.root.basename}-#{datestamp}.sql"
    db_config = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[Rails.env]

    # process backup
    `mysqldump -u #{db_config['username']} -p#{db_config['password']} -i -c -q #{db_config['database']} > tmp/#{backup_filename}`
    `gzip -9 tmp/#{backup_filename}`
    puts "Created backup: #{backup_filename}"

    # save to aws-s3
    bucket_name = "#{Rails.env}-database-backup" #gotcha: bucket names are unique across AWS-S3
    AWS.config(
      :access_key_id => ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
      :secret_access_key => ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
    )
    s3 = AWS::S3.new
    bucket = s3.buckets[bucket_name]
    unless bucket.exists?
      s3.buckets.create(bucket_name)
    end

    object = bucket.objects[File.basename(backup_filename)]
    object.write(:file => "tmp/#{backup_filename}.gz")

    # remove local backup file
    `rm -f tmp/#{backup_filename}.gz`
  end
end

# USAGE
# =====
# rake db:backup
#
# REQUIREMENT
# ===========
# gem: aws-sdk
#
# CREDITS
# =======
# http://www.rubyinside.com/amazon-official-aws-sdk-for-ruby-developers-5132.html