Practical PostgreSQL Backup & Restore

Practical PostgreSQL backup & restore using the core tools and pgBackRest.

Download required tools

1. Download and install VirtualBox:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

2. Download and install Vagrant:

https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html

Build the VM

1. Clone the training repository into a local directory using git:

git clone https://github.com/pgbackrest/training.git

Or download from https://github.com/pgbackrest/training as a ZIP file. Click on "Clone or download" to get the ZIP download button.

2. Build the Vagrant VM:

cd training (or training-master if ZIP downloaded)
vagrant up

Build the Documentation

1. Logon to the Vagrant VM:

vagrant ssh

2. Build the documentation:

/docdynamo/doc/doc.pl --no-cache --doc-path=/training/doc

3. Check that training/backup-training.html was created.