Backup

Linux backup

To backup our Linux servers, we’re using BorgBackup, resp. borgmatic. This allows us to create remote incremental backups, with storage deduplication.

Backups will be made to the Management server, which is storing the backups to the Synology.

Note

BorgBackup is configured via Ansible, resp. via borg role.

Database backups

Database backups are made with the native database tools (e.g. pgdump, mysqldump) directly in the containers.

For that, we’ve custom Docker Base images for our databases:

Note

There’s usually a custom Docker entrypoint, which triggers the backups on a recurring basis (e.g. hourly with some random delay), and stores them on a dedicated volume such as /backup.

GitLab backups

GitLab backups are also made directly in the container, in the same fashion as Database backups.

Backup schedule

Check out the Scheduled jobs for the backup schedule.