WAL-G

A pinch of salt – Encrypt WAL-G PostgreSQL backups

TheDatabaseMe
19. February 202319. February 2023

WAL-G is a widely known backup software for Postgres databases. One of it’s features is to backup to S3 storage out of the box. Also it’s capable to encrypt those backups and WAL archives with several encryption methods (e.g. libsodium). Since WAL-G is implemented within the Zalanndo Spilo image and therefore deployed by default with the Zalando Postgres Operator on Kubernetes, I had a deeper look on how to get encrypted backups implemented there, cause this is not documented well.

Restore and Clone from S3 – Configure Zalando Postgres Operator Restore with WAL-G

TheDatabaseMe
3. May 20229. December 2022
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In an earlier blogpost, I wrote about doing Postgres backups using WAL-G to a S3 storage. This time we have a look to either clone or “inplace” restore a postgres instance from these backups. All of this using the Zalando Postgres Operator. If you haven’t done so, please read the backup post before proceeding reading this one.

Backup to S3 – Configure Zalando Postgres Operator Backup with WAL-G

TheDatabaseMe
26. March 20229. December 2022
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Doing basebackups of Postgres databases enables you to do a Point-in-time recovery (PITR) of your database. Doing backups for your databases that have been deployed using the Zalando Postgres Operator, is a different beast. Here I show you how it’s done with a MinIO (self)hosted S3 compatible Object Storage.