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    Rails Backup

Add backup support to a Rails project with the 'backup' gem
Gemfile

gem 'backup', '3.0.15'
gem 'fog', '0.7.0'  # used by backup for s3 uploads, but not a dependency

Generate and Edit Config

backup generate --databases='mysql|postgresql' --storages='s3' --compressors='gzip' --path=.
mv config.rb config/backup.rb

Create s3 bucket listed in backup.rb
lib/tasks/backup.rake

namespace :backup do
  desc "Run a backup and save to s3"
  task :default do
    system("backup perform -t cer_portal -c config/backup.rb")
  end
end

config/deploy.rb

before 'deploy', 'db:backup'

namespace :db do
  desc 'Backup the database to s3'
  task :backup do
    run "cd #{current_path} && RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} rake backup"
  end
end