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PostgreSQL Backup Rotated Shell Script
#!/bin/bash
###########################
####### LOAD CONFIG #######
###########################
SCRIPTPATH=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P)
source $SCRIPTPATH/pg_backup.config
###########################
#### PRE-BACKUP CHECKS ####
###########################
# Make sure we're running as the required backup user
if [ $BACKUP_USER != "" -a "$(id -un)" != "$BACKUP_USER" ]; then
echo "This script must be run as $BACKUP_USER. Exiting."
exit 1;
fi;
###########################
### INITIALISE DEFAULTS ###
###########################
if [ ! $HOSTNAME ]; then
HOSTNAME="localhost"
fi;
if [ ! $USERNAME ]; then
USERNAME="postgres"
fi;
###########################
#### START THE BACKUPS ####
###########################
function perform_backups()
{
SUFFIX=$1
FINAL_BACKUP_DIR=$BACKUP_DIR"`date +\%Y-\%m-\%d`$SUFFIX/"
echo "Making backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"
if ! mkdir -p $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR; then
echo "Cannot create backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR. Go and fix it!"
exit 1;
fi;
###########################
### SCHEMA-ONLY BACKUPS ###
###########################
for SCHEMA_ONLY_DB in ${SCHEMA_ONLY_LIST//,/ }
do
SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE="$SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE or datname ~ '$SCHEMA_ONLY_DB'"
done
SCHEMA_ONLY_QUERY="select datname from pg_database where false $SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE order by datname;"
echo -e "\n\nPerforming schema-only backups"
echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n"
SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST=`psql -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" -At -c "$SCHEMA_ONLY_QUERY" postgres`
echo -e "The following databases were matched for schema-only backup:\n${SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST}\n"
for DATABASE in $SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST
do
echo "Schema-only backup of $DATABASE"
if ! pg_dump -Fp -s -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz.in_progress; then
echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to backup database schema of $DATABASE"
else
mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz
fi
done
###########################
###### FULL BACKUPS #######
###########################
for SCHEMA_ONLY_DB in ${SCHEMA_ONLY_LIST//,/ }
do
EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE="$EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE and datname !~ '$SCHEMA_ONLY_DB'"
done
FULL_BACKUP_QUERY="select datname from pg_database where not datistemplate and datallowconn $EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE order by datname;"
echo -e "\n\nPerforming full backups"
echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n"
for DATABASE in `psql -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" -At -c "$FULL_BACKUP_QUERY" postgres`
do
if [ $ENABLE_PLAIN_BACKUPS = "yes" ]
then
echo "Plain backup of $DATABASE"
if ! pg_dump -Fp -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress; then
echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce plain backup database $DATABASE"
else
mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz
fi
fi
if [ $ENABLE_CUSTOM_BACKUPS = "yes" ]
then
echo "Custom backup of $DATABASE"
if ! pg_dump -Fc -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" -f $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress; then
echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce custom backup database $DATABASE"
else
mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom
fi
fi
done
echo -e "\nAll database backups complete!"
}
# MONTHLY BACKUPS
DAY_OF_MONTH=`date +%d`
if [ $DAY_OF_MONTH = "1" ];
then
# Delete all expired monthly directories
find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -name "*-monthly" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';'
perform_backups "-monthly"
exit 0;
fi
# WEEKLY BACKUPS
DAY_OF_WEEK=`date +%u` #1-7 (Monday-Sunday)
EXPIRED_DAYS=`expr $((($WEEKS_TO_KEEP * 7) + 1))`
if [ $DAY_OF_WEEK = $DAY_OF_WEEK_TO_KEEP ];
then
# Delete all expired weekly directories
find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$EXPIRED_DAYS -name "*-weekly" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';'
perform_backups "-weekly"
exit 0;
fi
# DAILY BACKUPS
# Delete daily backups 7 days old or more
find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYS_TO_KEEP -name "*-daily" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';'
perform_backups "-daily"
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