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A simple container for a simple backup strategy.
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How to verify/restore backups created by CronJob #85

Closed basilv closed 3 years ago

basilv commented 3 years ago

The documentation is very unclear how to verify or restore backups created by a CronJob. There's no running pod to connect to for running the verify, versus the long-running backup container approach.

Would it be just as easy as running a second CronJob to run the backup script in verification mode?

WadeBarnes commented 3 years ago

It should be. The command would be /backup.sh -s -v all, rather than /backup.sh -1.

basilv commented 3 years ago

Including the -s option caused an error as it seemed to think it was running in scheduled mode and couldn't fine the schedule setting. Running /backup.sh -v all seemed to do the trick.

Also, I didn't need a separate CronJob, I just changed the one CronJob's command to: