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Run an auto-backup script from Ubuntu (running Ruby on Rails app) on PostGres database.
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Autobackup PostGres to AWS
Attempt to run an auto-backup script from DigitalOcean Ubuntu Droplet (running Ruby on Rails app) on PostGres database.
1. Setup s3cmd
S3cmd will upload the backup files generated.
The `sync` command will be executed after the autopostgresqlbackup script finished it's job (added on the POSTBACKUP command).
Follow the steps enumerated in https://levels.io/backup-linode-digital-ocean-vps-amazon-s3/ until the recusive part:
s3cmd sync --recursive --preserve /your-folder-name-to-backup s3://nameofyours3bucket
2. Setup AutoPostGresqlBackup
Follow the instructions in the `Installing and configuring autopostgresqlbackup in CentOS 7` from:
http://www.tecmint.com/mysql-mariadb-postgresql-database-backup-using-automysqlbackup-autopostgresqlbackup/
NOTE: skip the systemctl steps (Postgresql is already running and enabled):
# systemctl start postgresql
# systemctl enable postgresql
3. Setup Cron
30 01 * * * /opt/autopostgresqlbackup/autopostgresqlbackup.sh
4. TODO: setup Postfix to enable the backup script to send email of the backup job summary
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