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# postgres-backup-local
Backup PostgresSQL to local filesystem with periodic backups and rotate backups.
Based on [schickling/postgres-backup-s3](https://hub.docker.com/r/schickling/postgres-backup-s3/).
It can backup multiple databases from the same host by setting all databases in `POSTGRES_DB` separated by comas or spaces.
Backup PostgresSQL to the local filesystem with periodic rotating backups, based on [schickling/postgres-backup-s3](https://hub.docker.com/r/schickling/postgres-backup-s3/).
Backup multiple databases from the same host by setting the database names in `POSTGRES_DB` separated by commas or spaces.
## Usage
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### Environment Variables
Most variables are the same as [postgres official image](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres/).
Most variables are the same as in the [official postgres image](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres/).
| env variable | description |
|--|--|
| POSTGRES_HOST | postgres connection parameter; postgres host. |
| POSTGRES_DB | coma list of postgres databases to connect to. |
| POSTGRES_USER | postgres connection parameter; postgres user to connect with. |
| POSTGRES_PASSWORD | postgres connection parameter; postgres password to connect with. |
| POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE | alternative to POSTGRES_PASSWORD, to use with docker secrets. |
| POSTGRES_EXTRA_OPTS | additional options to supply `pg_dump` when creating back-ups. |
| SCHEDULE | [cron-schedule](http://godoc.org/github.com/robfig/cron#hdr-Predefined_schedules) specifying the interval between taking postgres backups. |
| BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS | number of days to keep backups before removal. |
| BACKUP_KEEP_WEEKS | number of weeks to keep backups before removal. |
| BACKUP_KEEP_MONTHS | number of months to keep backups before removal. |
| HEALTHCHECK_PORT | Port listening for cron-schedule health check. |
| BACKUP_DIR | Directory to save the backup at. Defaults to `/backups`. |
| BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS | Number of daily backups to keep before removal. Defaults to `7`. |
| BACKUP_KEEP_WEEKS | Number of weekkly backups to keep before removal. Defaults to `4`. |
| BACKUP_KEEP_MONTHS | Number of monthly backups to keep before removal. Defaults to `6`. |
| HEALTHCHECK_PORT | Port listening for cron-schedule health check. Defaults to `8080`. |
| POSTGRES_DB | Comma or space separated list of postgres databases to backup. Required. |
| POSTGRES_EXTRA_OPTS | Additional options for `pg_dump`. Defaults to `-Z9`. |
| POSTGRES_HOST | Postgres connection parameter; postgres host to connect to. Required. |
| POSTGRES_PASSWORD | Postgres connection parameter; postgres password to connect with. Required. |
| POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE | Alternative to POSTGRES_PASSWORD, useful with docker secrets. |
| POSTGRES_PORT | Postgres connection parameter; postgres port to connect to. Defaults to `5432`. |
| POSTGRES_USER | Postgres connection parameter; postgres user to connect with. Required. |
| SCHEDULE | [Cron-schedule](http://godoc.org/github.com/robfig/cron#hdr-Predefined_schedules) specifying the interval between postgres backups. Defaults to `@daily`. |
### Manual Backups
By default it makes daily backups but you can start a manual one by running the command `/backup.sh`.
By default this container makes daily backups, but you can start a manual backup by running `/backup.sh`:
Example running only manual backup on Docker:
```sh
$ docker run -e POSTGRES_HOST=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB=dbname -e POSTGRES_USER=user -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password prodrigestivill/postgres-backup-local /backup.sh
```
### Automatic Periodic Backups
You can change the `SCHEDULE` environment variable like `-e SCHEDULE="@daily"` to change its default frequency, by default is daily.
You can change the `SCHEDULE` environment variable in `-e SCHEDULE="@daily"` to alter the default frequency. Default is `daily`.
More information about the scheduling can be found [here](http://godoc.org/github.com/robfig/cron#hdr-Predefined_schedules).
Folders daily, weekly and monthly are created and populated using hard links to save disk space.
Folders `daily`, `weekly` and `monthly` are created and populated using hard links to save disk space.