From: wbudic <redacted>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:59:02 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: Added how to backup/restore.
X-Git-Url: https://lifelog.hopto.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d376fcfa326c40b4a130004e7f745994fe609706;p=LifeLog.git

Added how to backup/restore.
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diff --git a/Installation_PostgreSQL.txt b/Installation_PostgreSQL.txt
index 6b68a7c..a5d574f 100644
--- a/Installation_PostgreSQL.txt
+++ b/Installation_PostgreSQL.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ sudo -u postgres psql -c "SHOW data_directory;" | grep -G /
 ## Quick tar all
 sudo tar czvf ~/postgresql.db.backup.tar $(sudo -u postgres psql -c "SHOW data_directory;" | grep -G /)
 
+# Backup/Restore
+# You must setup an ~/.pgpass, and change the following cat string to your systems setup.
+
+cat "hostname:port:database:username:password" >> ~/.pgpass; chmod 600 ~/.pgpass;
+
+# Backup with:
+pg_dump --file "~/dev/LifeLog/dbLifeLog/bck-pg-$DB_NAME.sql"  $DB_NAME
+
+# Now you can run your backup utility. To include your ~/dev/ directory.
+# Or use and setup mine @see -> https://github.com/wbudic/B_L_R_via_sshfs
+# p.s. If this saved you one day, let me know. :)
+
+# Restore with:
+psql $DB_NAME < "~/dev/LifeLog/dbLifeLog/bck-pg-$DB_NAME.sql"