autopostgresqlbackup

AutoPostgreSQLBackup

AutoPostgreSQLBackup is a shell script (usually executed from a cron job) designed to provide a fully automated tool to make periodic backups of PostgreSQL databases.

AutoPostgreSQLBackup extract databases into flat files in a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

Version 2.0 is a full rewrite.

It supports:

• Email notification
• Compression on the fly
• Encryption on the fly
• Rotation (daily and/or weekly and/or monthly)
• Databases exclusion
• Pre and Post scripts
• Local configuration

Usage

On Debian (or derived):

Install: apt install autopostgresqlbackup

That's it!

Documentation

See the documentation.

Manual page

Man page is build from the documentation using pandoc using the Makefile.

make man

History

• 2023: Almost full rewrite with better error handling and new features (see Changelog.md for details)
• 2019: Creation of a fork/standelone project on Github (https://github.com/k0lter/autopostgresqlbackup)
• Since 2011: Various patches (fixes and new features) were added in the Debian package
• 2011: AutoPostgreSQLBackup was included in Debian
• 2005: AutoPostgreSQLBackup was written by Aaron Axelsen (with some contributions of Friedrich Lobenstock)
  • Project webpage was http://autopgsqlbackup.frozenpc.net/ (offline)

Authors

• Emmanuel Bouthenot (Current maintainer)
• Friedrich Lobenstock (Contributions)
• Aaron Axelsen (Original author)