Simple InvenTree Docker backup using restic
backup.sh
#!/bin/bash
export NAME=$(basename $(pwd))
export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=rest:http://restic:[email protected]:16383/$NAME
export RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE=.restic_password
if [ ! -f "${RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE}" ]; then
echo "Please create .restic_password with the backup encryption password AND BACKUP THAT PASSWORD SEPARATELY!!!"
exit 1
fi
echo "Initing repo, please ignore any 'already exists' errors"
if [ ! -f ".restic_inited" ]; then
# Run the restic init command
restic init
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then # if init successful
# Create the initialization file
touch ".restic_inited"
echo "Restic initialized"
fi
fi
# Run postgreSQL backup in streaming mode
source .env
docker-compose exec -T inventree-db pg_dump -U${INVENTREE_DB_USER} ${INVENTREE_DB_NAME} | restic --verbose backup --stdin --stdin-filename="inventree-pgdump.sql"
# Backup directories and files
echo "Backing up with restic..."
restic --verbose backup \
inventree_data \
backup.sh \
docker-compose.yml \
--exclude "**/__pycache__" \
--exclude "inventree_data/static" \
--exclude "inventree_data/pgdb" \
--exclude "inventree_data/backup"
# OPTIONAL: Forget old backups and prune
# Adjust these retention policies as needed:
# --keep-daily 31 # keep 31 daily snapshots
# --keep-weekly 52 # keep 52 weekly snapshots
# --keep-monthly 24 # keep 24 monthly snapshots
# --keep-yearly 10 # keep 10 yearly snapshots
restic forget --keep-hourly 168 --keep-daily 31 --keep-weekly 52 --keep-monthly 24 --keep-yearly 10 --prune
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