ykorzikowski / docker-cassandra-backup-to-s3

docker-cassandra-backup-to-s3

Backs up Cassandra to an s3 bucket or to a locally accessible path.

Environment Variables

Either specify:

• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID AWS Access Key
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS Secret Access Key
• AWS_KMS_ID AWS KMS ID to encrypt the contents of the bucket with
• AWS_BUCKET_NAME The name of the AWS Bucket to backup to
• AWS_ARGS Arguments passed to the aws command

Or:

• CASSANDRA_BACKUPS The directory to store locally accessible backups
• RETAIN_DAYS How many days to retain backups for

Optional variables:

• CASSANDRA_HOST:-localhost the cassandra host to connect to
• CASSANDRA_PORT:-7199 The cassandra port to connect to
• CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE:-draios The cassandra keyspace to backup
• CASSANDRA_DATA:-/var/lib/cassandra/data The cassandra data directory

Restore process

Use the node restart method: http://docs.datastax.com/en/archived/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/operations/ops_backup_noderestart_t.html