ansible_barman_role

Barman Ansible role

Ansible role which installs and configures Barman, a backup manager for Postgresql.

Installation

This role has been tested on Ansible 2.3.0 and higher.

To install:

ansible-galaxy install trainline-eu.ansible_barman_role

Dependencies

No dependencies

Recommended related roles:

• trainline-eu.ansible_postgresql_role

Compatibility matrix

This table lists the tested version of OS/Barman couples.

• :white_check_mark: - tested, works fine

Variables

# Basic settings
barman_databases:                                 # Mandatory
  - name: 'app1'                                     # Mandatory
    description: 'Database of App1'                  # Mandatory
    primary_host: "{{ groups['db-app1'][0] }}"       # Mandatory
    postgres_barman_password: 'super_secure_vaulted' # Mandatory
    backup_method: rsync                             # Optional (default value)
    retention_policy: 'RECOVERY WINDOW OF 7 DAYS'    # Optional (default value)
    standby_hosts: "{{ groups['db-app1'][1:] }}"     # Optional (Automatically authorize SSH this servers list)
    extract_host_from_var: 'ec2_private_ip_address'  # Optional (host variable to extract from inventory hostvars)

barman_restore_directory: "/home/restore-$server"

barman_rsync_daemon_enabled: true (default to false)
# If Rsync daemon is enabled
barman_rsync_allowed_hosts: 10.0.0.0/24
barman_rsync_password: "vaulted_secret_password"

# Barman configuration
# See http://docs.pgbarman.org/release/2.4/barman.5.html#configuration-file-syntax
# to understand the following settings
barman_config:                        # Optional
  reuse_backup: "None|link|copy"
  bandwith_limit: 0
  parallel_jobs: 2
  network_compression: true|false
  backup_options: exclusive_backup|concurrent_backup

Testing

There are currently no tests written in this project.

However the role is tested together with the postgresql role in a set of automatic integration tests.

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Thanks

Creators:

• Gaëtan Duchaussois
• Théophile Helleboid
• Paul Bonaud

Maintainers:

• Théophile Helleboid
• Paul Bonaud

Feedback, bug-reports, requests, ...

Are welcome!