STOP "SAVING" YOUR POSTGRES DATABASES | POSTGRES BACKUP COMPLETE GUIDE
Most developers think a backup is just running pg_dump and calling it a day. That’s not a backup, that’s a file. If you haven't tested the restore, you don't have a backup; you have a placebo.
In this video, I’m showing you how to build a bulletproof, agnostic Postgres backup pipeline that dumps, ships, and cleans up automatically. No frameworks, no bloat—just a reliable bash script that works anywhere.
In this video:
The 3−2−1 backup rule (and why most people get it wrong).
Why you should be using -Fc for your Postgres dumps.
How to use rclone to ship backups to any cloud provider.
How to exclude bloated tables to keep your backups lean.
The "Set it and forget it" approach:
I built this script because I wanted to understand the mechanics, but eventually, I got tired of maintaining cron jobs, rotation logic, and verification alerts. That’s why I work on SimpleBackups. If you want to stop worrying about your backup infrastructure and just have it work, check us out.
Mentioned in the video:
pg_dump docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/curre...
rclone: https://rclone.org/
simplebackups: https://simplebackups.com/database-ba...
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