heroku_backup_task
FYI: automatic backups are now in private beta
Kinda thought this was right around the corner ;) http://addons.heroku.com/pgbackups
Description
A simple helper to automate your Heroku app backups
Installation
# Gemfile
gem "heroku_backup_task"
# Rakefile
require "heroku_backup_task/tasks"
task :cron => :heroku_backup
# Rakefile (alternative)
require "heroku_backup_task"
task :cron do
# other code here
HerokuBackupTask.execute
end
Make sure you install the pgbackups addon
heroku addons:add pgbackups:basic
Configuration
By default, heroku_backup_task will back up DATABASE_URL. You can change this with:
heroku config:add HEROKU_BACKUP_DATABASES="SOME_DATABASE_URL,OTHER_DATABASE_URL"
Usage
NOTE: heroku_backup_task will expire your oldest backup to make room for a new backup if necessary.
Set up cron on your application with
heroku addons:add cron:daily
You will see something like this in your cron logs
[Thu Nov 18 12:59:56 -0500 2010] starting heroku backup task
[Thu Nov 18 12:59:57 -0500 2010] backing up: DATABASE_URL
License
MIT