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# CONFIG HELP DATA MODULE
#
# This module is automatically generated by doc.pl and should never be manually edited.
####################################################################################################################################
package pgBackRest::Config::ConfigHelpData;
use strict;
use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
use Carp qw(confess);
use Exporter qw(import);
our @EXPORT = qw();
####################################################################################################################################
# Data used by the ConfigHelp module to generate command-line help
####################################################################################################################################
my $oConfigHelpData =
{
# Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
option =>
{
# ARCHIVE-ASYNC Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'archive-async' =>
{
section => 'archive',
summary =>
"Archive WAL segments asynchronously.",
description =>
"WAL segments will be copied to the local repo, then a process will be forked to compress the segment and " .
"transfer it to the remote repo if configured. Control will be returned to PostgreSQL as soon as the WAL " .
"segment is copied locally."
},
# ARCHIVE-CHECK Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'archive-check' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Check that WAL segments are present in the archive before backup completes.",
description =>
"Checks that all WAL segments required to make the backup consistent are present in the WAL archive. It's a " .
"good idea to leave this as the default unless you are using another method for archiving."
},
# ARCHIVE-COPY Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'archive-copy' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Copy WAL segments needed for consistency to the backup.",
description =>
"This slightly paranoid option protects against corruption or premature expiration in the WAL segment archive " .
"by storing the WAL segments directly in the backup. PITR won't be possible without the WAL segment archive " .
"and this option also consumes more space.\n" .
"\n" .
"Even though WAL segments will be restored with the backup, PostgreSQL will ignore them if a recovery.conf file " .
"exists and instead use archive_command to fetch WAL segments. Specifying type=none when restoring will not " .
"create recovery.conf and force PostgreSQL to use the WAL segments in pg_xlog/pg_wal. This will get the " .
"database cluster to a consistent state."
},
# ARCHIVE-QUEUE-MAX Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'archive-queue-max' =>
{
section => 'archive',
summary =>
"Limit size (in bytes) of the PostgreSQL archive queue.",
description =>
"After the limit is reached, the following will happen:\n" .
"\n" .
"* pgBackRest will notify PostgreSQL that the WAL was successfully archived, then DROP IT.\n" .
"* A warning will be output to the Postgres log.\n" .
"\n" .
"If this occurs then the archive log stream will be interrupted and PITR will not be possible past that point. " .
"A new backup will be required to regain full restore capability.\n" .
"\n" .
"In asynchronous mode the entire queue will be dropped to prevent spurts of WAL getting through before the " .
"queue limit is exceeded again.\n" .
"\n" .
"The purpose of this feature is to prevent the log volume from filling up at which point Postgres will stop " .
"completely. Better to lose the backup than have PostgreSQL go down."
},
# ARCHIVE-TIMEOUT Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'archive-timeout' =>
{
section => 'archive',
summary =>
"Archive timeout.",
description =>
"Set maximum time, in seconds, to wait for WAL segments to reach the archive. The timeout applies to the check " .
"command and to the backup command when waiting for WAL segments required to make the backup consistent to " .
"be archived."
},
# BACKUP-CMD Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'backup-cmd' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"pgBackRest exe path on the backup host.",
description =>
"Required only if the path to pgbackrest is different on the local and backup hosts. If not defined, the backup " .
"host exe path will be set the same as the local exe path."
},
# BACKUP-CONFIG Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'backup-config' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"pgBackRest backup host configuration file.",
description =>
"Sets the location of the configuration file on the backup host. This is only required if the backup host " .
"configuration file is in a different location than the local configuration file."
},
# BACKUP-HOST Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'backup-host' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"Backup host when operating remotely via SSH.",
description =>
"Make sure that trusted SSH authentication is configured between the db host and the backup host.\n" .
"\n" .
"When backing up to a locally mounted network filesystem this setting is not required."
},
# BACKUP-SSH-PORT Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'backup-ssh-port' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"Backup server SSH port when backup-host is set.",
description =>
"Use this option to specify a non-default SSH port for the backup server."
},
# BACKUP-STANDBY Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'backup-standby' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Backup from the standby cluster.",
description =>
"Enable backup from standby to reduce load on the primary cluster. This option requires that both the primary " .
"and standby hosts be configured."
},
# BACKUP-USER Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'backup-user' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"Backup host user when backup-host is set.",
description =>
"Defines the user that will be used for operations on the backup server. Preferably this is not the postgres " .
"user but rather some other user like backrest. If PostgreSQL runs on the backup server the postgres user " .
"can be placed in the backrest group so it has read permissions on the repository without being able to " .
"damage the contents accidentally."
},
# BUFFER-SIZE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'buffer-size' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Buffer size for file operations.",
description =>
"Set the buffer size used for copy, compress, and uncompress functions. A maximum of 3 buffers will be in use " .
"at a time per process. An additional maximum of 256K per process may be used for zlib buffers."
},
# CHECKSUM-PAGE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'checksum-page' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Validate data page checksums.",
description =>
"Directs pgBackRest to validate all data page checksums while backing up a cluster. This option will be " .
"automatically enabled when the required C library is present and checksums are enabled on the cluster.\n" .
"\n" .
"Failures in checksum validation will not abort a backup. Rather, warnings will be emitted in the log (and to " .
"the console with default settings) and the list of invalid pages will be stored in the backup manifest."
},
# CMD-SSH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'cmd-ssh' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Path to ssh client executable.",
description =>
"Use a specific SSH client when an alternate is desired or the ssh executable is not in \$PATH."
},
# COMPRESS Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'compress' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Use gzip file compression.",
description =>
"Backup files are compatible with command-line gzip tools."
},
# COMPRESS-LEVEL Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'compress-level' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Compression level for stored files.",
description =>
"Sets the zlib level to be used for file compression when compress=y."
},
# COMPRESS-LEVEL-NETWORK Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'compress-level-network' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Compression level for network transfer when compress=n.",
description =>
"Sets the zlib level to be used for protocol compression when compress=n and the database cluster is not on the " .
"same host as the backup. Protocol compression is used to reduce network traffic but can be disabled by " .
"setting compress-level-network=0. When compress=y the compress-level-network setting is ignored and " .
"compress-level is used instead so that the file is only compressed once. SSH compression is always disabled."
},
# CONFIG Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'config' =>
{
summary =>
"pgBackRest configuration file.",
description =>
"Use this option to specify a different configuration file than the default."
},
# DB-CMD Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-cmd' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"pgBackRest exe path on the database host.",
description =>
"Required only if the path to pgbackrest is different on the local and database hosts. If not defined, the " .
"database host exe path will be set the same as the local exe path."
},
# DB-CONFIG Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-config' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"pgBackRest database host configuration file.",
description =>
"Sets the location of the configuration file on the database host. This is only required if the database host " .
"configuration file is in a different location than the local configuration file."
},
# DB-HOST Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-host' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"Cluster host for operating remotely via SSH.",
description =>
"Used for backups where the database cluster host is different from the backup host."
},
# DB-INCLUDE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-include' =>
{
section => 'restore',
summary =>
"Restore only specified databases.",
description =>
"This feature allows only selected databases to be restored. Databases not specifically included will be " .
"restored as sparse, zeroed files to save space but still allow PostgreSQL to perform recovery. After " .
"recovery the databases that were not included will not be accessible but can be removed with the drop " .
"database command.\n" .
"\n" .
"Note that built-in databases (template0, template1, and postgres) are always restored.\n" .
"\n" .
"The --db-include option can be passed multiple times to specify more than one database to include."
},
# DB-PATH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-path' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"Cluster data directory.",
description =>
"This should be the same as the data_directory setting in postgresql.conf. Even though this value can be read " .
"from postgresql.conf or the database cluster it is prudent to set it in case those resources are not " .
"available during a restore or offline backup scenario.\n" .
"\n" .
"The db-path option is tested against the value reported by PostgreSQL on every online backup so it should " .
"always be current."
},
# DB-PORT Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-port' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"Cluster port.",
description =>
"Port that PostgreSQL is running on. This usually does not need to be specified as most database clusters run " .
"on the default port."
},
# DB-SOCKET-PATH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-socket-path' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"Cluster unix socket path.",
description =>
"The unix socket directory that was specified when PostgreSQL was started. pgBackRest will automatically look " .
"in the standard location for your OS so there usually no need to specify this setting unless the socket " .
"directory was explicitly modified with the unix_socket_directory setting in postgressql.conf."
},
# DB-SSH-PORT Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-ssh-port' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"Database server SSH port when db-host is set.",
description =>
"Use this option to specify a non-default SSH port for a database server."
},
# DB-TIMEOUT Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-timeout' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Database query timeout.",
description =>
"Sets the timeout, in seconds, for queries against the database. This includes the pg_start_backup() and " .
"pg_stop_backup() functions which can each take a substantial amount of time. Because of this the timeout " .
"should be kept high unless you know that these functions will return quickly (i.e. if you have set " .
"startfast=y and you know that the database cluster will not generate many WAL segments during the backup)."
},
# DB-USER Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'db-user' =>
{
section => 'stanza',
summary =>
"Cluster host logon user when db-host is set.",
description =>
"This user will also own the remote pgBackRest process and will initiate connections to PostgreSQL. For this to " .
"work correctly the user should be the PostgreSQL database cluster owner which is generally postgres, the " .
"default."
},
# HARDLINK Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'hardlink' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Hardlink files between backups.",
description =>
"Enable hard-linking of files in differential and incremental backups to their full backups. This gives the " .
"appearance that each backup is a full backup. Be careful, though, because modifying files that are " .
"hard-linked can affect all the backups in the set."
},
# LINK-ALL Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'link-all' =>
{
section => 'restore',
summary =>
"Restore all symlinks.",
description =>
"By default symlinked directories and files are restored as normal directories and files in \$PGDATA. This is " .
"because it may not be safe to restore symlinks to their original destinations on a system other than where " .
"the original backup was performed. This option restores all the symlinks just as they were on the original " .
"system where the backup was performed."
},
# LINK-MAP Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'link-map' =>
{
section => 'restore',
summary =>
"Modify the destination of a symlink.",
description =>
"Allows the destination file or path of a symlink to be changed on restore. This is useful for restoring to " .
"systems that have a different storage layout than the original system where the backup was generated."
},
# LOCK-PATH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'lock-path' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Path where lock files are stored.",
description =>
"The lock path provides a location for pgBackRest to create lock files to prevent conflicting operations from " .
"being run concurrently."
},
# LOG-LEVEL-CONSOLE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'log-level-console' =>
{
section => 'log',
summary =>
"Level for console logging.",
description =>
"The following log levels are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* off - No logging at all (not recommended)\n" .
"* error - Log only errors\n" .
"* warn - Log warnings and errors\n" .
"* info - Log info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* detail - Log detail, info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* debug - Log debug, detail, info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* trace - Log trace (very verbose debugging), debug, info, warnings, and errors"
},
# LOG-LEVEL-FILE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'log-level-file' =>
{
section => 'log',
summary =>
"Level for file logging.",
description =>
"The following log levels are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* off - No logging at all (not recommended)\n" .
"* error - Log only errors\n" .
"* warn - Log warnings and errors\n" .
"* info - Log info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* detail - Log detail, info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* debug - Log debug, detail, info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* trace - Log trace (very verbose debugging), debug, info, warnings, and errors"
},
# LOG-LEVEL-STDERR Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'log-level-stderr' =>
{
section => 'log',
summary =>
"Level for stderr logging.",
description =>
"Specifies which log levels will output to stderr rather than stdout (specified by log-level-console). The " .
"timestamp and process will not be output to stderr.\n" .
"\n" .
"The following log levels are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* off - No logging at all (not recommended)\n" .
"* error - Log only errors\n" .
"* warn - Log warnings and errors\n" .
"* info - Log info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* detail - Log detail, info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* debug - Log debug, detail, info, warnings, and errors\n" .
"* trace - Log trace (very verbose debugging), debug, info, warnings, and errors"
},
# LOG-PATH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'log-path' =>
{
section => 'log',
summary =>
"Path where log files are stored.",
description =>
"The log path provides a location for pgBackRest to store log files. Note that if log-level-file=none then no " .
"log path is required."
},
# LOG-TIMESTAMP Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'log-timestamp' =>
{
section => 'log',
summary =>
"Enable timestamp in logging.",
description =>
"Enables the timestamp in console and file logging. This option is disabled in special situations such as " .
"generating documentation."
},
# MANIFEST-SAVE-THRESHOLD Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'manifest-save-threshold' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Manifest save threshold during backup.",
description =>
"Defines how often the manifest will be saved during a backup (in bytes). Saving the manifest is important " .
"because it stores the checksums and allows the resume function to work efficiently. The actual threshold " .
"used is 1% of the backup size or manifest-save-threshold, whichever is greater."
},
# NEUTRAL-UMASK Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'neutral-umask' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Use a neutral umask.",
description =>
"Sets the umask to 0000 so modes in the repository are created in a sensible way. The default directory mode is " .
"0750 and default file mode is 0640. The lock and log directories set the directory and file mode to 0770 " .
"and 0660 respectively.\n" .
"\n" .
"To use the executing user's umask instead specify neutral-umask=n in the config file or --no-neutral-umask on " .
"the command line."
},
# PROCESS-MAX Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'process-max' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Max processes to use for compress/transfer.",
description =>
"Each process will perform compression and transfer to make the command run faster, but don't set process-max " .
"so high that it impacts database performance."
},
# PROTOCOL-TIMEOUT Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'protocol-timeout' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Protocol timeout.",
description =>
"Sets the timeout, in seconds, that the local or remote process will wait for a new message to be received on " .
"the protocol layer. This prevents processes from waiting indefinitely for a message. The protocol-timeout " .
"option must be greater than the db-timeout option."
},
# RECOVERY-OPTION Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'recovery-option' =>
{
section => 'restore',
summary =>
"Set an option in recovery.conf.",
description =>
"See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/X.X/static/recovery-config.html for details on recovery.conf options " .
"(replace X.X with your PostgreSQL version). This option can be used multiple times.\n" .
"\n" .
"Note: The restore_command option will be automatically generated but can be overridden with this option. Be " .
"careful about specifying your own restore_command as pgBackRest is designed to handle this for you. Target " .
"Recovery options (recovery_target_name, recovery_target_time, etc.) are generated automatically by " .
"pgBackRest and should not be set with this option.\n" .
"\n" .
"Since pgBackRest does not start PostgreSQL after writing the recovery.conf file, it is always possible to " .
"edit/check recovery.conf before manually restarting."
},
# REPO-PATH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-path' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"Repository path where WAL segments and backups stored.",
description =>
"The repository is where pgBackRest stores backup and archives WAL segments.\n" .
"\n" .
"If you are new to backup then it will be difficult to estimate in advance how much space you'll need. The best " .
"thing to do is take some backups then record the size of different types of backups (full/incr/diff) and " .
"measure the amount of WAL generated per day. This will give you a general idea of how much space you'll " .
"need, though of course requirements will likely change over time as your database evolves."
},
# REPO-S3-BUCKET Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-bucket' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 repository bucket.",
description =>
"S3 bucket used to store the repository.\n" .
"\n" .
"pgBackRest repositories can be stored in the bucket root by setting repo-path=/ but it is usually best to " .
"specify a prefix, such as /repo, so logs and other AWS generated content can also be stored in the bucket."
},
# REPO-S3-CA-FILE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-ca-file' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 SSL CA File.",
description =>
"Use a CA file other than the system default."
},
# REPO-S3-CA-PATH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-ca-path' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 SSL CA Path.",
description =>
"Use a CA path other than the system default."
},
# REPO-S3-ENDPOINT Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-endpoint' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 repository endpoint.",
description =>
"The AWS end point should be valid for the selected region."
},
# REPO-S3-HOST Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-host' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 repository host.",
description =>
"Connect to a host other than the end point. This is typically used for testing."
},
# REPO-S3-KEY Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-key' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 repository access key.",
description =>
"AWS key used to access this bucket."
},
# REPO-S3-KEY-SECRET Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-key-secret' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 repository secret access key.",
description =>
"AWS secret key used to access this bucket."
},
# REPO-S3-REGION Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-region' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"S3 repository region.",
description =>
"The AWS region where the bucket was created."
},
# REPO-S3-VERIFY-SSL Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"Verify S3 server certificate.",
description =>
"Disables verification of the S3 server certificate. This should only be used for testing or other scenarios " .
"where a certificate has been self-signed."
},
# REPO-TYPE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'repo-type' =>
{
section => 'repository',
summary =>
"Type of storage used for the repository.",
description =>
"The following repository types are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* cifs - Like posix, but disables links and directory fsyncs\n" .
"* posix - Posix-compliant file systems\n" .
"* s3 - AWS Simple Storage Service"
},
# RESUME Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'resume' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Allow resume of failed backup.",
description =>
"Defines whether the resume feature is enabled. Resume can greatly reduce the amount of time required to run a " .
"backup after a previous backup of the same type has failed. It adds complexity, however, so it may be " .
"desirable to disable in environments that do not require the feature."
},
# RETENTION-ARCHIVE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'retention-archive' =>
{
section => 'expire',
summary =>
"Number of backups worth of continuous WAL to retain.",
description =>
"Note that the WAL segments required to make a backup consistent are always retained until the backup is " .
"expired regardless of how this option is configured.\n" .
"\n" .
"If this value is not set, then the archive to expire will default to the retention-full (or retention-diff) " .
"value corresponding to the retention-archive-type if set to full (or diff). This will ensure that WAL is " .
"only expired for backups that are already expired.\n" .
"\n" .
"This option must be set if retention-archive-type is set to incr. If disk space is at a premium, then this " .
"setting, in conjunction with retention-archive-type, can be used to aggressively expire WAL segments. " .
"However, doing so negates the ability to perform PITR from the backups with expired WAL and is therefore " .
"not recommended."
},
# RETENTION-ARCHIVE-TYPE Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'retention-archive-type' =>
{
section => 'expire',
summary =>
"Backup type for WAL retention.",
description =>
"If set to full pgBackRest will keep archive logs for the number of full backups defined by retention-archive. " .
"If set to diff (differential) pgBackRest will keep archive logs for the number of full and differential " .
"backups defined by retention-archive, meaning if the last backup taken was a full backup, it will be " .
"counted as a differential for the purpose of retention. If set to incr (incremental) pgBackRest will keep " .
"archive logs for the number of full, differential, and incremental backups defined by retention-archive. " .
"It is recommended that this setting not be changed from the default which will only expire WAL in " .
"conjunction with expiring full backups."
},
# RETENTION-DIFF Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'retention-diff' =>
{
section => 'expire',
summary =>
"Number of differential backups to retain.",
description =>
"When a differential backup expires, all incremental backups associated with the differential backup will also " .
"expire. When not defined all differential backups will be kept until the full backups they depend on expire."
},
# RETENTION-FULL Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'retention-full' =>
{
section => 'expire',
summary =>
"Number of full backups to retain.",
description =>
"When a full backup expires, all differential and incremental backups associated with the full backup will also " .
"expire. When the option is not defined a warning will be issued. If indefinite retention is desired then " .
"set the option to the max value."
},
# SPOOL-PATH Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'spool-path' =>
{
section => 'general',
summary =>
"Path where WAL segments are spooled during async archiving.",
description =>
"When asynchronous archiving is enabled pgBackRest needs a local directory to store WAL segments before they " .
"are compressed and moved to the repository. Depending on the volume of WAL generated this directory could " .
"become very large so be sure to plan accordingly.\n" .
"\n" .
"The archive-queue-max option can be used to limit the amount of WAL that will be spooled locally."
},
# STANZA Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'stanza' =>
{
summary =>
"Defines the stanza.",
description =>
"A stanza is the configuration for a PostgreSQL database cluster that defines where it is located, how it will " .
"be backed up, archiving options, etc. Most db servers will only have one Postgres database cluster and " .
"therefore one stanza, whereas backup servers will have a stanza for every database cluster that needs to " .
"be backed up.\n" .
"\n" .
"It is tempting to name the stanza after the primary cluster but a better name describes the databases " .
"contained in the cluster. Because the stanza name will be used for the primary and all replicas it is more " .
"appropriate to choose a name that describes the actual function of the cluster, such as app or dw, rather " .
"than the local cluster name, such as main or prod."
},
# START-FAST Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'start-fast' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Force a checkpoint to start backup quickly.",
description =>
"Forces a checkpoint (by passing y to the fast parameter of pg_start_backup()) so the backup begins " .
"immediately. Otherwise the backup will start after the next regular checkpoint.\n" .
"\n" .
"This feature only works in PostgreSQL >= 8.4."
},
# STOP-AUTO Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'stop-auto' =>
{
section => 'backup',
summary =>
"Stop prior failed backup on new backup.",
description =>
"This will only be done if an exclusive advisory lock can be acquired to demonstrate that the prior failed " .
"backup process has really stopped.\n" .
"\n" .
"This feature relies on pg_is_in_backup() so only works on PostgreSQL >= 9.3.\n" .
"\n" .
"The setting is disabled by default because it assumes that pgBackRest is the only process doing exclusive " .
"online backups. It depends on an advisory lock that only pgBackRest sets so it may abort other processes " .
"that do exclusive online backups. Note that base_backup and pg_dump are safe to use with this setting " .
"because they do not call pg_start_backup() so are not exclusive."
},
# TABLESPACE-MAP Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'tablespace-map' =>
{
section => 'restore',
summary =>
"Restore a tablespace into the specified directory.",
description =>
"Moves a tablespace to a new location during the restore. This is useful when tablespace locations are not the " .
"same on a replica, or an upgraded system has different mount points.\n" .
"\n" .
"Since PostgreSQL 9.2 tablespace locations are not stored in pg_tablespace so moving tablespaces can be done " .
"with impunity. However, moving a tablespace to the data_directory is not recommended and may cause " .
"problems. For more information on moving tablespaces " .
"http://www.databasesoup.com/2013/11/moving-tablespaces.html is a good resource."
},
# TABLESPACE-MAP-ALL Option Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'tablespace-map-all' =>
{
section => 'restore',
summary =>
"Restore all tablespaces into the specified directory.",
description =>
"By default tablespaces are restored into their original locations and while this behavior can be modified by " .
"with the tablespace-map open it is sometime preferable to remap all tablespaces to a new directory all at " .
"once. This is particularly useful for development or staging systems that may not have the same storage " .
"layout as the original system where the backup was generated.\n" .
"\n" .
"The path specified will be the parent path used to create all the tablespaces in the backup."
}
},
# Command Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
command =>
{
# ARCHIVE-GET Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'archive-get' =>
{
summary =>
"Get a WAL segment from the archive.",
description =>
"WAL segments are required for restoring a PostgreSQL cluster or maintaining a replica.",
option =>
{
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-path' => 'section',
'db-timeout' => 'section',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# ARCHIVE-PUSH Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'archive-push' =>
{
summary =>
"Push a WAL segment to the archive.",
description =>
"The WAL segment may be pushed immediately to the archive or stored locally depending on the value of " .
"archive-async",
option =>
{
'archive-async' => 'section',
'archive-queue-max' => 'section',
'archive-timeout' => 'section',
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-path' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
'db-timeout' => 'section',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
'process-max' => 'section',
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'spool-path' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# BACKUP Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'backup' =>
{
summary =>
"Backup a database cluster.",
description =>
"pgBackRest does not have a built-in scheduler so it's best to run it from cron or some other scheduling " .
"mechanism.",
option =>
{
'archive-check' => 'section',
'archive-copy' => 'section',
'archive-timeout' => 'section',
'backup-standby' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'checksum-page' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-cmd' => 'section',
'db-config' => 'section',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-path' => 'section',
'db-port' => 'section',
'db-socket-path' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
'db-timeout' => 'section',
'db-user' => 'section',
# FORCE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'force' =>
{
summary =>
"Force an offline backup.",
description =>
"When used with --no-start-stop a backup will be run even if pgBackRest thinks that PostgreSQL is " .
"running. This option should be used with extreme care as it will likely result in a bad backup.\n" .
"\n" .
"There are some scenarios where a backup might still be desirable under these conditions. For example, " .
"if a server crashes and the database cluster volume can only be mounted read-only, it would be a " .
"good idea to take a backup even if postmaster.pid is present. In this case it would be better to " .
"revert to the prior backup and replay WAL, but possibly there is a very important transaction in a " .
"WAL segment that did not get archived."
},
'hardlink' => 'section',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'manifest-save-threshold' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
# ONLINE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'online' =>
{
summary =>
"Perform an online backup.",
description =>
"Specifying --no-online prevents pgBackRest from running pg_start_backup() and pg_stop_backup() on the " .
"database cluster. In order for this to work PostgreSQL should be shut down and pgBackRest will " .
"generate an error if it is not.\n" .
"\n" .
"The purpose of this option is to allow offline backups. The pg_xlog/pg_wal directory is copied as-is " .
"and archive-check is automatically disabled for the backup."
},
'process-max' => 'section',
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'resume' => 'section',
'retention-archive' => 'section',
'retention-archive-type' => 'section',
'retention-diff' => 'section',
'retention-full' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default',
'start-fast' => 'section',
'stop-auto' => 'section',
# TYPE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'type' =>
{
summary =>
"Backup type.",
description =>
"The following backup types are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* full - all database cluster files will be copied and there will be no dependencies on previous " .
"backups.\n" .
"* incr - incremental from the last successful backup.\n" .
"* diff - like an incremental backup but always based on the last full backup."
}
}
},
# CHECK Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'check' =>
{
summary =>
"Check the configuration.",
description =>
"The check command validates that pgBackRest and the archive_command setting are configured correctly for " .
"archiving and backups. It detects misconfigurations, particularly in archiving, that result in incomplete " .
"backups because required WAL segments did not reach the archive. The command can be run on the database or " .
"the backup host. The command may also be run on the standby host, however, since " .
"pg_switch_xlog()/pg_switch_wal() cannot be performed on the standby, the command will only test the " .
"repository configuration.\n" .
"\n" .
"Note that pg_create_restore_point('pgBackRest Archive Check') and pg_switch_xlog()/pg_switch_wal() are called " .
"to force PostgreSQL to archive a WAL segment. Restore points are only supported in PostgreSQL >= 9.1 so " .
"for older versions the check command may fail if there has been no write activity since the last log " .
"rotation, therefore it is recommended that activity be generated by the user if there have been no writes " .
"since the last WAL switch before running the check command.",
option =>
{
'archive-check' => 'section',
'archive-timeout' => 'section',
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-standby' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-cmd' => 'section',
'db-config' => 'section',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-path' => 'section',
'db-port' => 'section',
'db-socket-path' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
'db-timeout' => 'section',
'db-user' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
# ONLINE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'online' =>
{
summary =>
"Check an online cluster.",
description =>
"Specifying --no-online prevents pgBackRest from connecting to PostgreSQL and will disable some checks."
},
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# EXPIRE Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'expire' =>
{
summary =>
"Expire backups that exceed retention.",
description =>
"pgBackRest does backup rotation but is not concerned with when the backups were created. If two full backups " .
"are configured for retention, pgBackRest will keep two full backups no matter whether they occur two hours " .
"or two weeks apart.",
option =>
{
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-cmd' => 'section',
'db-config' => 'section',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'retention-archive' => 'section',
'retention-archive-type' => 'section',
'retention-diff' => 'section',
'retention-full' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# HELP Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'help' =>
{
summary =>
"Get help.",
description =>
"Three levels of help are provided. If no command is specified then general help will be displayed. If a " .
"command is specified then a full description of the command will be displayed along with a list of valid " .
"options. If an option is specified in addition to a command then the a full description of the option as " .
"it applies to the command will be displayed.",
},
# INFO Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'info' =>
{
summary =>
"Retrieve information about backups.",
description =>
"The info command operates on a single stanza or all stanzas. Text output is the default and gives a " .
"human-readable summary of backups for the stanza(s) requested. This format is subject to change with any " .
"release.\n" .
"\n" .
"For machine-readable output use --output=json. The JSON output contains far more information than the text " .
"output, however this feature is currently experimental so the format may change between versions.",
option =>
{
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
# OUTPUT Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'output' =>
{
summary =>
"Output format.",
description =>
"The following output types are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* text - Human-readable summary of backup information.\n" .
"* json - Exhaustive machine-readable backup information in JSON format."
},
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# RESTORE Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'restore' =>
{
summary =>
"Restore a database cluster.",
description =>
"This command is generally run manually, but there are instances where it might be automated.",
option =>
{
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-include' => 'section',
'db-path' => 'section',
# DELTA Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'delta' =>
{
summary =>
"Restore using delta.",
description =>
"By default the PostgreSQL data and tablespace directories are expected to be present but empty. This " .
"option performs a delta restore using checksums."
},
# FORCE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'force' =>
{
summary =>
"Force a restore.",
description =>
"By itself this option forces the PostgreSQL data and tablespace paths to be completely overwritten. In " .
"combination with --delta a timestamp/size delta will be performed instead of using checksums."
},
'link-all' => 'section',
'link-map' => 'section',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
'process-max' => 'section',
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'recovery-option' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
# SET Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'set' =>
{
summary =>
"Backup set to restore.",
description =>
"The backup set to be restored. latest will restore the latest backup, otherwise provide the name of " .
"the backup to restore."
},
'stanza' => 'default',
'tablespace-map' => 'section',
'tablespace-map-all' => 'section',
# TARGET Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'target' =>
{
summary =>
"Recovery target.",
description =>
"Defines the recovery target when --type is name, xid, or time."
},
# TARGET-ACTION Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'target-action' =>
{
summary =>
"Action to take when recovery target is reached.",
description =>
"The following actions are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* pause - pause when recovery target is reached.\n" .
"* promote - promote and switch timeline when recovery target is reached.\n" .
"* shutdown - shutdown server when recovery target is reached.\n" .
"\n" .
"This option is only supported on PostgreSQL >= 9.5."
},
# TARGET-EXCLUSIVE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'target-exclusive' =>
{
summary =>
"Stop just before the recovery target is reached.",
description =>
"Defines whether recovery to the target would be exclusive (the default is inclusive) and is only valid " .
"when --type is time or xid. For example, using --target-exclusive would exclude the contents of " .
"transaction 1007 when --type=xid and --target=1007. See the recovery_target_inclusive option in " .
"the PostgreSQL docs for more information."
},
# TARGET-TIMELINE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'target-timeline' =>
{
summary =>
"Recover along a timeline.",
description =>
"See recovery_target_timeline in the PostgreSQL docs for more information."
},
# TYPE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'type' =>
{
summary =>
"Recovery type.",
description =>
"The following recovery types are supported:\n" .
"\n" .
"* default - recover to the end of the archive stream.\n" .
"* immediate - recover only until the database becomes consistent. This option is only supported on " .
"PostgreSQL >= 9.4.\n" .
"* name - recover the restore point specified in --target.\n" .
"* xid - recover to the transaction id specified in --target.\n" .
"* time - recover to the time specified in --target.\n" .
"* preserve - preserve the existing recovery.conf file.\n" .
"* none - no recovery.conf file is written so PostgreSQL will attempt to achieve consistency using WAL " .
"segments present in pg_xlog/pg_wal. Provide the required WAL segments or use the archive-copy " .
"setting to include them with the backup."
}
}
},
# STANZA-CREATE Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'stanza-create' =>
{
summary =>
"Create the required stanza data.",
description =>
"The stanza-create command must be run on the host where the repository is located after the stanza has been " .
"configured in pgbackrest.conf.",
option =>
{
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-standby' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-cmd' => 'section',
'db-config' => 'section',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-path' => 'section',
'db-port' => 'section',
'db-socket-path' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
'db-timeout' => 'section',
'db-user' => 'section',
# FORCE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'force' =>
{
summary =>
"Force stanza creation.",
description =>
"If the required stanza information does not exist in the repository but backups or WAL segments do " .
"exist, then this option can be used to force the stanza to be created from the existing data in " .
"the repository. This is most likely to be useful after corruption or an incomplete restore of the " .
"repository from elsewhere."
},
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
# ONLINE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'online' =>
{
summary =>
"Create on an online cluster.",
description =>
"Specifying --no-online prevents pgBackRest from connecting to PostgreSQL when creating the stanza."
},
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# STANZA-UPGRADE Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'stanza-upgrade' =>
{
summary =>
"Upgrade a stanza.",
description =>
"Immediately after upgrading PostgreSQL to a newer major version, the db-path for all pgBackRest configurations " .
"must be set to the new database location and the stanza-upgrade run on the backup host. If the database is " .
"offline use the --no-online option.",
option =>
{
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-standby' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'buffer-size' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'compress-level' => 'section',
'compress-level-network' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-cmd' => 'section',
'db-config' => 'section',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-path' => 'section',
'db-port' => 'section',
'db-socket-path' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
'db-timeout' => 'section',
'db-user' => 'section',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
# ONLINE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'online' =>
{
summary =>
"Update an online cluster.",
description =>
"Specifying --no-online prevents pgBackRest from connecting to PostgreSQL when upgrading the stanza."
},
'protocol-timeout' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# START Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'start' =>
{
summary =>
"Allow pgBackRest processes to run.",
description =>
"If the pgBackRest processes were previously stopped using the stop command then they can be started again " .
"using the start command. Note that this will not immediately start up any pgBackRest processes but they " .
"are allowed to run.",
option =>
{
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-cmd' => 'section',
'db-config' => 'section',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# STOP Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'stop' =>
{
summary =>
"Stop pgBackRest processes from running.",
description =>
"Does not allow any new pgBackRest processes to run. By default running processes will be allowed to complete " .
"successfully. Use the --force option to terminate running processes.\n" .
"\n" .
"pgBackRest processes will return an error if they are run after the stop command completes.",
option =>
{
'backup-cmd' => 'section',
'backup-config' => 'section',
'backup-host' => 'section',
'backup-ssh-port' => 'section',
'backup-user' => 'section',
'cmd-ssh' => 'section',
'config' => 'default',
'db-cmd' => 'section',
'db-config' => 'section',
'db-host' => 'section',
'db-ssh-port' => 'section',
# FORCE Option Help
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'force' =>
{
summary =>
"Force all pgBackRest processes to stop.",
description =>
"This option will send TERM signals to all running pgBackRest processes to effect a graceful but " .
"immediate shutdown. Note that this will also shutdown processes that were initiated on another " .
"system but have remotes running on the current system. For instance, if a backup was started on " .
"the backup server then running stop --force on the database server will shutdown the backup " .
"process on the backup server."
},
'lock-path' => 'section',
'log-level-console' => 'section',
'log-level-file' => 'section',
'log-level-stderr' => 'section',
'log-path' => 'section',
'log-timestamp' => 'section',
'neutral-umask' => 'section',
'repo-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-bucket' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-file' => 'section',
'repo-s3-ca-path' => 'section',
'repo-s3-endpoint' => 'section',
'repo-s3-host' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key' => 'section',
'repo-s3-key-secret' => 'section',
'repo-s3-region' => 'section',
'repo-s3-verify-ssl' => 'section',
'repo-type' => 'section',
'stanza' => 'default'
}
},
# VERSION Command Help
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'version' =>
{
summary =>
"Get version.",
description =>
"Displays installed pgBackRest version.",
}
}
};
####################################################################################################################################
# configHelpDataGet
####################################################################################################################################
sub configHelpDataGet
{
return $oConfigHelpData;
}
push @EXPORT, qw(configHelpDataGet);
1;
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