Run scheduled backups using the Gitea dump function #152

ericbram · 2021-05-04T14:11:58Z

ericbram commented

2021-05-04 14:11:58 +00:00

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Backups are unfortunately not built in to the list of cron tasks made available by Gitea. While it's possible that in the future, backups will be added to the list of cron tasks, there's no current implementation. However, Gitea does provide a CLI command dump to execute this action.

This PR is used simply to construct a dump command based on the list of available options from the CLI, and following the recommendations from Gitea Backup and Restore.

It generates a ConfigMap script that gets placed in the appropriate /etc/periodic directory based on the backup schedule variable, which the pod executes accordingly. This can be used in conjunction with the extraVolumes/extraVolumeMounts to backup to persistent storage.

Backups are unfortunately not built in to the list of cron tasks made available by `Gitea`. While it's possible that in the future, backups will be added to the list of [cron tasks](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/#cron-cron), there's no current implementation. However, `Gitea` does provide a CLI command `dump` to execute this action. This PR is used simply to construct a `dump` command based on the list of available options from the CLI, and following the recommendations from [Gitea Backup and Restore](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/backup-and-restore/). It generates a ConfigMap script that gets placed in the appropriate `/etc/periodic` directory based on the backup `schedule` variable, which the pod executes accordingly. This can be used in conjunction with the `extraVolumes`/`extraVolumeMounts` to backup to persistent storage.

ericbram added 7 commits 2021-05-04 14:11:59 +00:00

add ability to run dump command 036a4649ca

update readme 7b5c26d73c

fix wording for backups 779ef1d779

move default 43b2b7e449

added missing type 8b3925f112

fix bugs in script 9c825e054c

update default c98fe67ef0

ericbram commented

2021-05-04 15:38:29 +00:00

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Hmm actually it looks like crond isn't running by default on my test container -- I've just been manually running what cron would call. I'll see if there's a sufficient way to remedy.

Hmm actually it looks like `crond` isn't running by default on my test container -- I've just been manually running what `cron` would call. I'll see if there's a sufficient way to remedy.

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2021-05-06 19:38:26 +00:00

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Reference: gitea/helm-chart#152