Backing up a database with pgBackRest

Once we've configured pgBackRest to our satisfaction, producing a backup is actually very simple using the pgbackrest command-line tool. As with Barman, we will focus entirely on creating a backup, verifying that the new backup exists, and examining its contents.

Part of the point of such backup tools is the fact they maintain an extensive catalog of backup and WAL information. This recipe will leverage that information to prove pgBackRest works as advertised.

Getting ready

This recipe depends on pgBackRest being installed on a PostgreSQL server. Please follow the Installing and configuring pgBackRest recipe before continuing.

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