BARMAN-CLOUD-WAL-ARCHIVE(1)

NAME

barman-cloud-wal-archive - Archive PostgreSQL WAL files in the Cloud using archive_command

SYNOPSIS

barman-cloud-wal-archive [OPTIONS] DESTINATION_URL SERVER_NAME WAL_PATH

DESCRIPTION

This script can be used in the archive_command of a PostgreSQL server to ship WAL files to the Cloud. Currently only AWS S3 is supported.

This script and Barman are administration tools for disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers written in Python and maintained by 2ndQuadrant.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

DESTINATION_URL
    URL of the cloud destination, such as a bucket in AWS S3. For example: s3://BUCKET_NAME/path/to/folder (where BUCKET_NAME is the bucket you have created in AWS).

SERVER_NAME
    the name of the server as configured in Barman.

WAL_PATH
    the value of the `%p' keyword (according to `archive_command').

OPTIONS

-h, –help
    show a help message and exit

-V, –version
    show program’s version number and exit

-t, –test
    test connectivity to the cloud destination and exit

-P, –profile
    profile name (e.g. INI section in AWS credentials file)

-z, –gzip
    gzip-compress the WAL while uploading to the cloud

-j, –bzip2
    bzip2-compress the WAL while uploading to the cloud

-e ENCRYPT, –encrypt ENCRYPT
    enable server-side encryption with the given method for the transfer. Allowed methods: AES256 and aws:kms.

–endpoint-url
    override the default S3 URL construction mechanism by specifying an endpoint.

REFERENCES

For Boto:

•   https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/configuration.html

For AWS:

•   http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-set-up.html

•   http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html.

DEPENDENCIES

•   boto3

EXIT STATUS

0   Success

Not zero
    Failure

SEE ALSO

This script can be used in conjunction with pre_archive_retry_script to relay WAL files to S3, as follows:

    pre_archive_retry_script = 'barman-cloud-wal-archive [*OPTIONS*] *DESTINATION_URL* ${BARMAN_SERVER} ${BARMAN_FILE}'

BUGS

Barman has been extensively tested, and is currently being used in several production environments. However, we cannot exclude the presence of bugs.

Any bug can be reported via the Github issue tracker.

RESOURCES

•   Homepage: <http://www.pgbarman.org/>

•   Documentation: <http://docs.pgbarman.org/>

•   Professional support: <http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/>

COPYING

Barman is the property of 2ndQuadrant Limited and its code is distributed under GNU General Public License v3.

Copyright (C) 2011-2020 2ndQuadrant Ltd - <http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/>.

AUTHORS
2ndQuadrant <http://www.2ndQuadrant.com>.