For large setups it is useful to list all databases explicit
(for example if temporary databases are also present) and store them in extra
files.
For smaller setups it is more convenient to just backup all databases at once,
because it is easy to forget to update configuration when adding/renaming
databases. pg_dumpall also has the advantage that it backups users/passwords.
As a result the module becomes easier to use because it is sufficient
in the default case to just set one option (services.postgresqlBackup.enable).
This service will never run automatically, but it encapsulates the
necessary logic and configuration to run a restore of the latest
archive, and allows to hook more specific logic, such as loading
a database dump, via `postStart`.
A new option `explicitSymlinks` will set `-H` when creating an archive.
This option makes tarsnap follow any symlinks specified explicitly on
the commandline, but not any found inside the file tree.
A new option `followSymlinks` will set `-L` when creating an archive.
This option makes tarsnap follow any symlinks found anywhere in the file
tree instead of storing them as-is.
When the znapzend module was enabled for the first time with pure =
true; then the list of previous entries is empty, but xargs still tried
to execute a znapzendzetup delete command with no arguments, which made
it fail
This enables znapzend users to specify its full configuration through
NixOS options, without ever needing to use the stateful `znapzendzetup`
command.
This works by running znapzendzetup with the specified config in
ExecPre, just before the znapzend daemon is started.
There is also the `pure` option which will clear all previous znapzend setups,
making it as stateless as can get, as only the setup declared in
configuration.nix will be persisted.
* Grants enough privileges to the configured user so that it can run
mysqldump.
* Adds a nixos test.
* Use systemd timers instead of a cronjob (by @fadenb).
* Creates a new user for backups by default, instead of using mysql
user.
* Ensures that backup user has write permissions on backup location.
* Write backup to a temporary file before renaming so that a failed
backup won't overwrite the previous backup, and so that the backup
location will never contain a partial backup.
Breaking changes:
* Renamed period to calendar to reflect the change in how to
configure the backup time.
* A failed backup will no longer result in cron sending an e-mail --
users' monitoring systems must be updated.
Resolves#24728
