backman

💽 backman

a backup-manager app for Cloud Foundry

Usage

1. pick a Cloud Foundry provider I'd suggest the Swisscom AppCloud
2. create a service instance of an S3-compatible object storage
3. modify the provided manifest.yml, specify your service instance(s)
4. configure backman, either through the provided config.json or by the environment variable BACKMAN_CONFIG (see manifest.yml)
5. deploy the app
6. enjoy!

Configuration

backman can be configured via JSON configuration, either with a file config.json in it's root directory, or by the environment variable BACKMAN_CONFIG. Values configured in BACKMAN_CONFIG take precedence over config.json. By default backman will assume useful values for all services/backups unless configured otherwise.

These here are the default values backman will use if not configured via JSON:

{
	"log_level": "info",
	"logging_timestamp": false,
	"s3": {
		"service_label": "dynstrg",
	},
	"services": {
		...
		"<service-instance-name>": {
			"schedule": "<random-second> <random-minute> <random-hour> * * *",
			"timeout": "1h",
			"retention": {
				"days": 31,
				"files": 100
			}
		}
		...
	}
}

backman can be secured through HTTP basic auth, with username and password provided either in the JSON configuration

{
	"username": "http_basic_auth_user_abc",
	"password": "http_basic_auth_password_xyz"
}

or through the specific environment variables BACKMAN_USERNAME and BACKMAN_PASSWORD (see manifest.yml)

Possible JSON properties:

• log_level: optional, specifies log output level, can be info, warn, debug, error
• logging_timestamp: optional, enable timestamping log output, not needed when deployed on Cloud Foundry
• username: optional, HTTP basic auth username
• password: optional, HTTP basic auth password
• s3.service_label: optional, defines which service label backman will look for to find the S3-compatible object storage
• s3.bucket_name: optional, bucket to use on S3 storage, backman will use service-instance/binding-name if not configured
• services.<service-instance>.schedule: optional, defines cron schedule for running backups
• services.<service-instance>.timeout: optional, backman will abort a running backup/restore if timeout is exceeded
• services.<service-instance>.retention.days: optional, specifies how long backman will keep backups on S3 at maximum for this service instance
• services.<service-instance>.retention.files: optional, specifies how maximum number of files backman will keep on S3 for this service instance

Screenshots

• shows all bound service instances

• display service, trigger backups/restores

Supported databases

• MariaDB / MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB