Description

Uses the backup ruby gem for creating backups

Supports mysql backups to cloudfiles. Support for mongodb to cloudfiles coming next.

Usage

Minimal options to get going.

backup_mysql "myapp-mysql" do
  # chunks 250
  # interval "1.day", :at => "12:00 am"

  # To dump all databases, set database = :all (or leave blank)
  database "myapp_production"
  username "my_username"
  password "my_password"
  host "localhost"

  storage "cloudfiles"
  cloudfiles_api_key "my_api_key"
  cloudfiles_username "my_username"
  cloudfiles_container "my_container"
end

Notes

• make sure to add depends on referring project cookbook
• add to mongo or mysql recipe in project cookbook:

# Only run database backup recipe on primary database node                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
if node.name =~ /01$/
  Chef::Log.info "Running database backup recipe"
    include_recipe "target-tgtapps::database-backup"
	end