chnbohwr / pg_dumpall

Docker image with pg_dump running as a cron task

chnbohwr/pg_dumpall

Docker image with pg_dumpall running as a cron task

Usage

Attach a target postgres container to this container and mount a volume to container's /dump folder. Backups will appear in this volume. Optionally set up cron job schedule (default is 0 1 * * * - runs every day at 1:00 am).

docker run -d \
    -v /path/to/target/folder:/dump \   # where to put db dumps
    -e CRON_SCHEDULE='0 1 * * *' \      # cron job schedule
    -e PGUSER=postgres \
    -e PGPASSWORD=mysecretpassword \
    -e PGHOST=localhost \   # linked container with running mongo
    -e EXPIRE_DAYS=10
    chnbohwr/pg_dumpall dump-cron

to restore data use

 psql -f dump-20211014_140501.sql -U postgres