Automate your InfluxDB backups with this simple Bash script. This script allows you to schedule regular backups for multiple InfluxDB databases, providing a convenient way to safeguard your data. You can customize backup settings, including the retention period for your backups.

• Automated Backups: Schedule automated backups for one or more InfluxDB databases.
• Custom Retention: Set a retention period to manage how long your backups are kept.
• Easy Configuration: Configure your InfluxDB server details and backup settings in one place.
• Portable Backups: The script creates portable and compressed backup files for easy storage and transfer.

1. Clone the Repository: git clone https://github.com/filipnet/influxdb-auto-backup.git
2. Navigate to the Repository: cd influxdb-auto-backup
3. Configure the Script: - see the [Configuration] file for details.
4. Run the Script: ./backup-script.sh
5. Verify Backups: Check the specified `BACKUP_DIR` to ensure that your backups have been created successfully.

Create config.sh Before running the backup script, you need to create a config.sh file with your InfluxDB server details and backup settings. Here's how you can create the configuration file using the provided example:

• Navigate to the Repository: cd influxdb-auto-backup
• Rename config.sh.example to config.sh and open it in a text editor.
• Edit Configuration Variables: Update the following variables in config.sh with your InfluxDB server details and backup settings:

#!/bin/bash

# InfluxDB Settings
INFLUXDB_TOKEN="your_influxdb_token"
INFLUXDB_ORG="your_influxdb_org"
BUCKETS=("bucket1" "bucket2" "bucket3")  # List of buckets to be backed up

# Backup Settings
BACKUP_DIR="/path/to/backup/directory"
RETENTION_DAYS=7

Make sure to replace "your_influxdb_token", "your_influxdb_org", and the bucket names with your actual InfluxDB authentication token, organization name, and bucket names respectively.

Open /etc/crontab in a text editor as root: sudo nano /etc/crontab Add the following line to schedule the backup script daily at 2:00 AM and redirect the output to /dev/null to suppress any messages:

0 2 * * * root /root/influxdb-auto-backup/influxdb-auto-backup.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

Make sure to replace /root/influxdb-auto-backup/influxdb-auto-backup.sh with the actual path to your backup-script.sh file.

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and create a pull request with your changes.

This project is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License - see the LICENSE file for details.