heroku_s3_backup¶ ↑

Gem to backup your database from Heroku to S3.

Usage - Rails 3¶ ↑

1. Add this to your Gemfile

   gem 'heroku_s3_backup', :git => 'git://github.com/jstorimer/heroku_s3_backup.git'
   

2. Add your S3 config to Heroku

   heroku config:add S3_KEY="YOUR_ID" S3_SECRET="YOUR_KEY"

3. Run the HerokuS3Backup.backup method from your console or a cronjob

   task :cron => :environment do
     HerokuS3Backup.backup
   end
   

Usage - Rails 2¶ ↑

1. Add the heroku_s3_backup gem to your .gems file for Heroku

2. Add this to your config/production.rb

   config.gem 'jstorimer-heroku_s3_back', :lib => 'heroku_s3_backup'
   

3. Add your S3 config to Heroku

   heroku config:add S3_KEY="YOUR_ID" S3_SECRET="YOUR_KEY"

4. Run the HerokuS3Backup.backup method from your console or a cronjob

   task :cron => :environment do
     HerokuS3Backup.backup
   end
   

The blog post at trevorturk.com/2010/04/14/automated-heroku-backups/ has some more detailed instructions.

Note on Patches/Pull Requests¶ ↑

• Fork the project.

• Make your feature addition or bug fix.

• Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.

• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)

• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Copyright¶ ↑

Code stolen from Trevor Turk (trevorturk.com/2010/04/14/automated-heroku-backups/) and packaged by Eric Davis, modified by Jesse Storimer and others.

Copyright © 2010 Eric Davis. See LICENSE for details.