docker-volume-backup

goal

This script backups all docker-volumes with the help of rsync.

scheme

It is part of the following scheme: Further information you will find in this blog post.

Backup

Execute:

./docker-volume-backup.sh

Recover

Execute:

./docker-volume-recover.sh {{volume_name}} {{backup_path}}

Debug

To checkout what's going on in the mount container type in the following command:

docker run -it --entrypoint /bin/sh --rm --volumes-from {{container_name}} -v /Backups/:/Backups/ kevinveenbirkenbach/alpine-rsync

Manual Backup

rsync -aPvv '{{source_path}}/' {{destination_path}}";

Test

Delete the volume.

docker rm -f container-name
docker volume rm volume-name

Recover the volume:

docker volume create volume-name
docker run --rm -v volume-name:/recover/ -v ~/backup/:/backup/ "kevinveenbirkenbach/alpine-rsync" sh -c "rsync -avv /backup/ /recover/"

Restart the container.

Optimation

This setup script is not optimized yet for performance. Please optimized this script for performance if you want to use it in a professional environment.

More information

• https://blog.ssdnodes.com/blog/docker-backup-volumes/
• https://www.baculasystems.com/blog/docker-backup-containers/