DUMP / RESTORE PostgreSQL Kubernetes

dump-restore

DUMP
// pod-name         name of the postgres pod
// postgres-user    database user that is able to access the database
// database-name    name of the database
kubectl exec [pod-name] -- bash -c "pg_dump -U [postgres-user] [database-name]" > database.sql

RESTORE
// pod-name         name of the postgres pod
// postgres-user    database user that is able to access the database
// database-name    name of the database
cat database.sql | kubectl exec -i [pod-name] -- psql -U [postgres-user] -d [database-name]



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// DUMP
PGPASSWORD=<password> pg_dump -h [postgres-server-host] -U [user] [database_name] > backup.sql

//RESTORE
PGPASSWORD=<password> psql -h [ha-postgres-server-host] -U [user] [database_name] < backup.sql