Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: backwork-backup-postgresql
Version: 0.2.2
Summary: Backwork plug-in for PostgreSQL backups.
Home-page: https://github.com/ibm/backwork-backup-postgresql
Author: Luiz Aoqui
Author-email: laoqui@ca.ibm.com
License: Apache 2
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: System Administrators
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2 :: Only
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Topic :: Database
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Archiving :: Backup
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE

# backwork-backup-postgresql [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/IBM/backwork-backup-postgresql.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/IBM/backwork-backup-postgresql) [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/backwork-backup-postgresql.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/backwork-backup-postgresql)
Add support for PostgreSQL backups on [`backwork`](https://github.ibm.com/apset/backwork).

## Requirements
This plug-in is build on top of [`pg_dump`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgdump.html),
so you will need to it installed.

`pg_dump` is part of the `postgresql` client.

## Installing
You can use `pip` to install this plug-in:
```sh
$ pip install backwork-backup-postgresql
```

## Using
After installing the plug-in you will be able to use the `backup mysql` command
on `backwork`.

```sh
backwork backup postgresql -h
usage: backwork backup postgresql [-h] [--gzip] [-o OUTPUT] -P PASSWORD

Backup a PostgreSQL database. It uses `pg_dump` so it's required to have it
installed and added to the system's PATH. You can use any of the arguments
supported by `pg_dump`. Use `pg_dump --help` for more information.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --gzip                compress output file (requires gzip to be installed)
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        output file path
  -P PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        PostgreSQL connection password
```

You can pass any option that you would normally use on `mysqldump`:

```sh
$ backwork backup postgresql -P password --host=192.168.99.1 --username=root --port=32769 --dbname=MY_DATABASE
```

As shown in the `--help` message, there are two extra arguments you can use in
your backup process `--gzip` and `-o`.

`--gzip` will compress the output and requires the `gzip` command to be
available in your system.

`-o OUTPUT` or `--output OUTPUT` will save the output of `pg_dump` into a
file.

**Important:** There is a conflict with the `-h` argument since it is reserved
for the help/usage message. User `--host` to pass the hostname.
