How to make Rails + Backup + Whenever + Capistrano (and rbenv) work.

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How to make Rails + Backup + Whenever + Capistrano (and rbenv) work.

TBA

config_backup.rb

# encoding: utf-8

require 'backup'

RAILS_ENV = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development'

config = YAML.load_file File.expand_path('../database.yml',  __FILE__)

Backup::Storage::S3.defaults do |s3|
  s3.access_key_id      = '...'
  s3.secret_access_key  = '...'
  s3.region             = '...'
  s3.bucket             = '...'
  s3.keep               = 25
end

Backup::Model.new(:postgres, 'Backup PostgreSQL database to S3') do
  database PostgreSQL do |db|
    db.name               = config[RAILS_ENV]["database"]
    db.username           = config[RAILS_ENV]["username"]
    db.password           = config[RAILS_ENV]["password"]
    db.host               = config[RAILS_ENV]["host"]
    db.port               = config[RAILS_ENV]["port"]
    db.skip_tables        = []
  end

  store_with S3 do |s3|
    s3.path = config[RAILS_ENV]["database"]
  end

  compress_with Bzip2

  split_into_chunks_of 250
end

Backup::Model.new(:redis, 'Backup Redis database to S3') do
  database Redis do |db|
    db.path               = "..."
    db.invoke_save        = true
  end

  store_with S3 do |s3|
    s3.path = "myapp_#{RAILS_ENV}"
  end

  compress_with Bzip2

  split_into_chunks_of 250
end

config_deploy.rb

#...
require 'whenever/capistrano'
#...

set :whenever_command, "bundle exec whenever"

set :bundle_flags, "--deployment --quiet --binstubs"

set :default_environment, {
  'PATH' => "$HOME/.rbenv/shims:$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
}

#...

namespace :rbenv do
  task :rehash do
    run 'rbenv rehash'
  end
end

task :backup do
  run "cd #{current_path} && bundle exec rake backup RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}"
end

#...

after "bundle:install", "rbenv:rehash"

config_schedule.rb

# encoding: utf-8

set :output, "log/cron.log"

every 1.day, at: '04:00' do
  rake 'backup'
end

Gemfile

#...
gem 'backup', require: false,
              github: 'kavu/backup',
              branch: 'bump_fog_version',
              ref: 'c3fd8e6eb4f464de1c8'
gem 'whenever', require: false
#...

lib_tasks_backup.rake

desc "Back Postgres and Redis"
task :backup do
  # Yeah, it's an ugly looking command
  sh "bundle exec backup perform -q -t postgres,redis --config-file config/backup.rb --root-path . --tmp-path public/system/backup/tmp --cache-path public/system/backup/cache --data-path public/system/backup/data"
end