Original work is from Swift. I just moved a few things around to accommodate RethinkDB
This is a package that makes backing up your RethinkDB databases to S3 simple. The binary file is a node cronjob that runs at midnight every day and backs up the database specified in the config file.
npm install rethinkdb_nightly -g
To configure the backup, you need to pass the binary a JSON configuration file.
There is a sample configuration file supplied in the package (config.sample.json
).
The file should have the following format:
{
"rethinkdb": {
"host": "localhost",
"port": 28015,
"db": "database_to_backup"
},
"s3": {
"key": "your_s3_key",
"secret": "your_s3_secret",
"bucket": "s3_bucket_to_upload_to",
"destination": "/"
},
"cron": {
"time": "11:59",
}
}
You may optionally substitute the cron "time" field with an explicit "crontab"
of the standard format 0 0 * * *
.
"cron": {
"crontab": "0 0 * * *"
}
Note: The version of cron that we run supports a sixth digit (which is in seconds) if you need it.
The optional "timezone" allows you to specify timezone-relative time regardless of local timezone on the host machine.
"cron": {
"time": "00:00",
"timezone": "America/New_York"
}
You must first npm install time
to use "timezone" specification.
To start a long-running process with scheduled cron job:
rethinkdb_nightly
To execute a backup immediately and exit:
rethinkdb_nightly -n