Easily automate off-site backup generation for databases hosted on Fly.io.
Installing spatie/laravel-backup to back up your app DB works great, but having to install it in every app can be
tedious.
Also, this approach doesn't work for apps that don't use Laravel. This app solves these problem by
running spatie/laravel-backup on a separate Fly.io VM dedicated to making backups. This way your apps don't need to
run spatie/laravel-backup, that's now taken care of by a single Fly.io VM.
Fork this repository and clone it to your local machine. Then, create a new Fly.io app.
Create a new Fly.io app using the Fly CLI:
fly apps create
Configure it in your fly.toml file.
Set up your databases in config/databases.php. Specify the database connections you want to back up in
config/backup.php, under the backup.source.databases key.
In app/Console/Kernel.php you can configure the backup schedule. By default, it will run every day at 03:00AM. Here's
more info on scheduling: https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup/v8/installation-and-setup#content-scheduling
Notifications are currently by default configured to be sent to Slack. You can configure this in config/backup.php.
For this to work you just need to configure the webhook url. For more advanced configuration options, I'll refer you to
Spatie docs configuring
notifications: Sending Notifications
Run fly deploy to deploy the app to Fly.io. You can check the status of the deployment by running fly status.
Create on-demand backups by running just backup. To use this command, you need to
install just. Alternatively, you can SSH into the server and
run php artisan backup:run manually to create a backup.