🦔 Backup for GitHub repos

[brindasasi]

Description

We have 6 public repos under GCTC. In the event of any disaster/github issues, we need to have a backup of our code to continue the operation.

GC organizations should do their own backup of data stored in the cloud, either using an on-premises solution or a third-party service. Backups should be a part of an overall contingency and recovery plan.

Details

Consider how we might do this ourselves via the github API. How much space does a backup occupy, if we wanted to store it on google docs or sharepoint?

Do a brief survey of third-party options. What is the price range of popular services? Is there a reputable service with a free tier that meets our needs?

Decide how often we need to back up. (How much time lost could we consider acceptable, given the low likelylihood of this actually happening?)

Timebox: 3 days

Acceptance Criteria

• [ ] Come up with a regular back up plan either in-house or via third party
• [ ] Proposal - could be some available funding

[mnigh]

Some third-party options:

• https://rewind.com/products/backups/github/
• https://gitprotect.io/

[mnigh]

@tristan-orourke are we still considering this and if so, should this be a spike?

[vd1992]

@tristan-orourke poke

[tristan-orourke]

Some very brief investigation:

• See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/migrations for scripting it ourselves
• marketplace utilities
• gitprotect.io might be free at the tier we need

[petertgiles]

I wonder if IMTD has any tools for this? They handle backups of our database servers currently.

[mnigh]

If we are considering a service like rewind.com, we should consider pruning our GitHub organization members, possibly non-dev users, since it is per user pricing model: https://rewind.com/products/backups/github/#pricing.