nomicon/nixos/modules/services/backup/postgresql-backup.nix

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

with lib;

let

  cfg = config.services.postgresqlBackup;

  postgresqlBackupService = db: dumpCmd:
    let
      compressSuffixes = {
        "none" = "";
        "gzip" = ".gz";
        "zstd" = ".zstd";
      };
      compressSuffix = getAttr cfg.compression compressSuffixes;

      compressCmd = getAttr cfg.compression {
        "none" = "cat";
        "gzip" = "${pkgs.gzip}/bin/gzip -c";
        "zstd" = "${pkgs.zstd}/bin/zstd -c";
      };

      mkSqlPath = prefix: suffix: "${cfg.location}/${db}${prefix}.sql${suffix}";
      curFile = mkSqlPath "" compressSuffix;
      prevFile = mkSqlPath ".prev" compressSuffix;
      prevFiles = map (mkSqlPath ".prev") (attrValues compressSuffixes);
      inProgressFile = mkSqlPath ".in-progress" compressSuffix;
    in {
      enable = true;

      description = "Backup of ${db} database(s)";

      requires = [ "postgresql.service" ];

      path = [ pkgs.coreutils config.services.postgresql.package ];

      script = ''
        set -e -o pipefail

        umask 0077 # ensure backup is only readable by postgres user

        if [ -e ${curFile} ]; then
          rm -f ${toString prevFiles}
          mv ${curFile} ${prevFile}
        fi

        ${dumpCmd} \
          | ${compressCmd} \
          > ${inProgressFile}

        mv ${inProgressFile} ${curFile}
      '';

      serviceConfig = {
        Type = "oneshot";
        User = "postgres";
      };

      startAt = cfg.startAt;
    };

in {

  imports = [
    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "postgresqlBackup" "period" ] ''
       A systemd timer is now used instead of cron.
       The starting time can be configured via <literal>services.postgresqlBackup.startAt</literal>.
    '')
  ];

  options = {
    services.postgresqlBackup = {
      enable = mkEnableOption "PostgreSQL dumps";

      startAt = mkOption {
        default = "*-*-* 01:15:00";
        type = with types; either (listOf str) str;
        description = ''
          This option defines (see <literal>systemd.time</literal> for format) when the
          databases should be dumped.
          The default is to update at 01:15 (at night) every day.
        '';
      };

      backupAll = mkOption {
        default = cfg.databases == [];
        defaultText = literalExpression "services.postgresqlBackup.databases == []";
        type = lib.types.bool;
        description = ''
          Backup all databases using pg_dumpall.
          This option is mutual exclusive to
          <literal>services.postgresqlBackup.databases</literal>.
          The resulting backup dump will have the name all.sql.gz.
          This option is the default if no databases are specified.
        '';
      };

      databases = mkOption {
        default = [];
        type = types.listOf types.str;
        description = ''
          List of database names to dump.
        '';
      };

      location = mkOption {
        default = "/var/backup/postgresql";
        type = types.path;
        description = ''
          Path of directory where the PostgreSQL database dumps will be placed.
        '';
      };

      pgdumpOptions = mkOption {
        type = types.separatedString " ";
        default = "-C";
        description = ''
          Command line options for pg_dump. This options is not used
          if <literal>config.services.postgresqlBackup.backupAll</literal> is enabled.
          Note that config.services.postgresqlBackup.backupAll is also active,
          when no databases where specified.
        '';
      };

      compression = mkOption {
        type = types.enum ["none" "gzip" "zstd"];
        default = "gzip";
        description = ''
          The type of compression to use on the generated database dump.
        '';
      };
    };

  };

  config = mkMerge [
    {
      assertions = [{
        assertion = cfg.backupAll -> cfg.databases == [];
        message = "config.services.postgresqlBackup.backupAll cannot be used together with config.services.postgresqlBackup.databases";
      }];
    }
    (mkIf cfg.enable {
      systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
        "d '${cfg.location}' 0700 postgres - - -"
      ];
    })
    (mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.backupAll) {
      systemd.services.postgresqlBackup =
        postgresqlBackupService "all" "pg_dumpall";
    })
    (mkIf (cfg.enable && !cfg.backupAll) {
      systemd.services = listToAttrs (map (db:
        let
          cmd = "pg_dump ${cfg.pgdumpOptions} ${db}";
        in {
          name = "postgresqlBackup-${db}";
          value = postgresqlBackupService db cmd;
        }) cfg.databases);
    })
  ];

}