restic-compose-backup

Backup using https://restic.net/ for a docker-compose setup.

• restic-compose-backup Documentation
• restic-compose-backup on Github
• restic-compose-backup on Docker Hub

Features:

• Backs up docker volumes or host binds
• Backs up postgres databases
• Backs up mariadb databases
• Backs up mysql databases
• Notifications over mail/smtp
• Notifications to Discord through webhooks

Please report issus on github.

Automatically detects and backs up volumes, mysql, mariadb and postgres databases in a docker-compose setup.

• Each service in the compose setup is configured with a label to enable backup of volumes or databases
• When backup starts a new instance of the container is created mapping in all the needed volumes. It will copy networks etc to ensure databases can be reached
• Volumes are mounted to /volumes/<service_name>/<path> in the backup process container. /volumes is pushed into restic
• Databases are backed up from stdin / dumps into restic using path /databases/<service_name>/dump.sql
• Cron triggers backup at 2AM every day

Currently tested with docker-ce 17, 18 and 19.

Install

docker pull zettaio/restic-compose-backup

Configuration

Required env variables for restic:

RESTIC_REPOSITORY
RESTIC_PASSWORD

Backend specific env vars : https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/040_backup.html#environment-variables

Additional env vars:

# Prune rules
RESTIC_KEEP_DAILY=7
RESTIC_KEEP_WEEKLY=4
RESTIC_KEEP_MONTHLY=12
RESTIC_KEEP_YEARLY=3

# Logging level (debug,info,warning,error)
LOG_LEVEL=info

# SMTP alerts
EMAIL_HOST=my.mail.host
EMAIL_PORT=465
EMAIL_HOST_USER=johndoe
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=s3cr3tpassw0rd
EMAIL_SEND_TO=johndoe@gmail.com

# Discord webhook
DISCORD_WEBHOOK=https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/...

Volumes

version: '3'
services:
  # The backup service
  backup:
    image: zettaio/restic-compose-backup
    environment:
      - RESTIC_REPOSITORY=<whatever restic supports>
      - RESTIC_PASSWORD=hopefullyasecturepw
      - RESTIC_KEEP_DAILY=7
      - RESTIC_KEEP_WEEKLY=4
      - RESTIC_KEEP_MONTHLY=12
      - RESTIC_KEEP_YEARLY=3
    env_file:
      - some_other_vars.env
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro

  example:
    image: some_image
    # Enable volume backup with label
    labels:
      restic-compose-backup.volumes: true
    # These volumes will be backed up
    volumes:
      # Docker volume
      - media:/srv/media
      # Host map
      - /srv/files:/srv/files

volumes:
  media:

A simple include and exclude filter is also available.

  example:
    image: some_image
    labels:
      restic-compose-backup.volumes: true
      restic-compose-backup.volumes.include: "files,data"
    volumes:
      # Source don't match include filter. No backup.
      - media:/srv/media
      # Matches include filter
      - files:/srv/files
      - /srv/data:/srv/data

volumes:
  media:
  files:

Exclude

  example:
    image: some_image
    labels:
      restic-compose-backup.volumes: true
      restic-compose-backup.volumes.exclude: "media"
    volumes:
      # Excluded by filter
      - media:/srv/media
      # Backed up
      - files:/srv/files
      - /srv/data:/srv/data

volumes:
  media:
  files:

Databases

Will dump databases directly into restic through stdin. They will appear in restic as a separate snapshot with path /databases/<service_name>/dump.sql or similar.

  mariadb:
    image: mariadb:10
    labels:
      restic-compose-backup.mariadb: true

  mysql:
    image: mysql:5
    labels:
      restic-compose-backup.mysql: true

  postgres:
    image: postgres
    labels:
      restic-compose-backup.postgres: true

Running Tests

pip install -e ./src/
pip install -r src/tests/requirements.txt
tox

Building Docs

pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
python src/setup.py build_sphinx

Contributing

Contributions are welcome regardless of experience level. Don't hesitate submitting issues, opening partial or completed pull requests.