Example 6932

Backup Strategy

Backup schedule and retention policy.

{
source: {
type: "mysql"
host: "primary.db.internal"
databases: [
"stranger"
"plugin"
]
}

# 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: 11
weekly: 10
monthly: 18
}

destination: {
type: "sftp"
path: "/mnt/backups/event"
encryption: true
compression: "zstd"
}
}

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