Example 5640

Backup Strategy

Backup schedule and retention policy.

{
source: {
type: "filesystem"
host: "localhost"
databases: [
"halt"
"pulse"
]
}

# Backup schedule
schedule: {
full: "0 2 * * 0" # weekly Sunday 2am
incremental: "0 2 * * 1-6" # daily except Sunday
snapshot: "0 */4 * * *" # every 4 hours
}

retention: {
daily: 10
weekly: 8
monthly: 10
}

destination: {
type: "s3"
path: "s3://backups-instance"
encryption: true
compression: "gzip"
}
}

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