Backup Solutions for Developers

name: Backup to remote-backups.com
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 2 * * *'

jobs:
  backup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Setup SSH
        run: |
          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
          echo "$\{\{ "\{\{" \}\} secrets.BACKUP_SSH_KEY \{\{ "\}\}" \}\}" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
      - name: Backup database
        run: |
          pg_dump $DATABASE_URL | gzip > backup.sql.gz
          rsync -av backup.sql.gz user@remote-backups.com:~/backups/

version: '3.8'
services:
  app:
    image: myapp:latest
    volumes:
      - app_data:/app/data

  backup:
    image: alpine:latest
    volumes:
      - app_data:/data:ro
      - ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh:ro
    command: |
      sh -c "
        apk add --no-cache rsync openssh
        tar czf /tmp/backup.tar.gz /data
        rsync -av /tmp/backup.tar.gz
          user@remote-backups.com:~/backups/
      "
    depends_on:
      - app

volumes:
  app_data:

Setup: Kubernetes cluster with microservices and PostgreSQL

Challenge: Protect development and production data

Solution:

• Automated Kubernetes volume backups via CronJob
• Database dumps integrated into CI/CD pipeline
• Git repository mirrors for code protection
• Configuration and secrets backup

Cost: ~€10/month for 1.2TB of development data

Setup: Multiple repositories, documentation, and community data

Challenge: Protect project assets and contributor work

Solution:

• GitHub repository mirrors via GitHub Actions
• Documentation and website backups
• Community forum and wiki backups
• Release artifact archival

Cost: ~€4.25/month for 500GB of project data