PostgreSQL provides pg_dump to backup your database in a single file easily. You can backup your database based on your schedule combined with cron job on your CentOS.
Following scripts will be beneficial for you
pg_backup.config
############################## ## POSTGRESQL BACKUP CONFIG ## ############################## # Optional system user to run backups as. If the user the script is running as doesn't match this # the script terminates. Leave blank to skip check. BACKUP_USER= # Optional hostname to adhere to pg_hba policies. Will default to "localhost" if none specified. HOSTNAME= # Optional username to connect to database as. Will default to "postgres" if none specified. USERNAME= # This dir will be created if it doesn't exist. This must be writable by the user the script is # running as. BACKUP_DIR=/home/backups/database/postgresql/ # List of strings to match against in database name, separated by space or comma, for which we only # wish to keep a backup of the schema, not the data. Any database names which contain any of these # values will be considered candidates. (e.g. "system_log" will match "dev_system_log_2010-01") SCHEMA_ONLY_LIST="" # Will produce a custom-format backup if set to "yes" ENABLE_CUSTOM_BACKUPS=yes # Will produce a gzipped plain-format backup if set to "yes" ENABLE_PLAIN_BACKUPS=yes # Will produce gzipped sql file containing the cluster globals, like users and passwords, if set to "yes" ENABLE_GLOBALS_BACKUPS=yes #### SETTINGS FOR ROTATED BACKUPS #### # Which day to take the weekly backup from (1-7 = Monday-Sunday) DAY_OF_WEEK_TO_KEEP=5 # Number of days to keep daily backups DAYS_TO_KEEP=7 # How many weeks to keep weekly backups WEEKS_TO_KEEP=5 ######################################
pg_backup.sh
#!/bin/bash ########################### ####### LOAD CONFIG ####### ########################### while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do case $1 in -c) if [ -r "$2" ]; then source "$2" shift 2 else ${ECHO} "Unreadable config file \"$2\"" 1>&2 exit 1 fi ;; *) ${ECHO} "Unknown Option \"$1\"" 1>&2 exit 2 ;; esac done if [ $# = 0 ]; then SCRIPTPATH=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P) source $SCRIPTPATH/pg_backup.config fi; ########################### #### PRE-BACKUP CHECKS #### ########################### # Make sure we're running as the required backup user if [ "$BACKUP_USER" != "" -a "$(id -un)" != "$BACKUP_USER" ]; then echo "This script must be run as $BACKUP_USER. Exiting." 1>&2 exit 1; fi; ########################### ### INITIALISE DEFAULTS ### ########################### if [ ! $HOSTNAME ]; then HOSTNAME="localhost" fi; if [ ! $USERNAME ]; then USERNAME="postgres" fi; ########################### #### START THE BACKUPS #### ########################### FINAL_BACKUP_DIR=$BACKUP_DIR"`date +\%Y-\%m-\%d`/" echo "Making backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR" if ! mkdir -p $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR; then echo "Cannot create backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR. Go and fix it!" 1>&2 exit 1; fi; ####################### ### GLOBALS BACKUPS ### ####################### echo -e "\n\nPerforming globals backup" echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n" if [ $ENABLE_GLOBALS_BACKUPS = "yes" ] then echo "Globals backup" if ! pg_dumpall -g -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"globals".sql.gz.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce globals backup" 1>&2 else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"globals".sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"globals".sql.gz fi else echo "None" fi ########################### ### SCHEMA-ONLY BACKUPS ### ########################### for SCHEMA_ONLY_DB in ${SCHEMA_ONLY_LIST//,/ } do SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE="$SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE or datname ~ '$SCHEMA_ONLY_DB'" done SCHEMA_ONLY_QUERY="select datname from pg_database where false $SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE order by datname;" echo -e "\n\nPerforming schema-only backups" echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n" SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST=`psql -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" -At -c "$SCHEMA_ONLY_QUERY" postgres` echo -e "The following databases were matched for schema-only backup:\n${SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST}\n" for DATABASE in $SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST do echo "Schema-only backup of $DATABASE" if ! pg_dump -Fp -s -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to backup database schema of $DATABASE" 1>&2 else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz fi done ########################### ###### FULL BACKUPS ####### ########################### for SCHEMA_ONLY_DB in ${SCHEMA_ONLY_LIST//,/ } do EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE="$EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE and datname !~ '$SCHEMA_ONLY_DB'" done FULL_BACKUP_QUERY="select datname from pg_database where not datistemplate and datallowconn $EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE order by datname;" echo -e "\n\nPerforming full backups" echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n" for DATABASE in `psql -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" -At -c "$FULL_BACKUP_QUERY" postgres` do if [ $ENABLE_PLAIN_BACKUPS = "yes" ] then echo "Plain backup of $DATABASE" if ! pg_dump -Fp -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce plain backup database $DATABASE" 1>&2 else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz fi fi if [ $ENABLE_CUSTOM_BACKUPS = "yes" ] then echo "Custom backup of $DATABASE" if ! pg_dump -Fc -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" -f $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce custom backup database $DATABASE" 1>&2 else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom fi fi done echo -e "\nAll database backups complete!"
pg_backup_rotated.sh
#!/bin/bash ########################### ####### LOAD CONFIG ####### ########################### while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do case $1 in -c) CONFIG_FILE_PATH="$2" shift 2 ;; *) ${ECHO} "Unknown Option \"$1\"" 1>&2 exit 2 ;; esac done if [ -z $CONFIG_FILE_PATH ] ; then SCRIPTPATH=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P) CONFIG_FILE_PATH="${SCRIPTPATH}/pg_backup.config" fi if [ ! -r ${CONFIG_FILE_PATH} ] ; then echo "Could not load config file from ${CONFIG_FILE_PATH}" 1>&2 exit 1 fi source "${CONFIG_FILE_PATH}" ########################### #### PRE-BACKUP CHECKS #### ########################### # Make sure we're running as the required backup user if [ "$BACKUP_USER" != "" -a "$(id -un)" != "$BACKUP_USER" ] ; then echo "This script must be run as $BACKUP_USER. Exiting." 1>&2 exit 1 fi ########################### ### INITIALISE DEFAULTS ### ########################### if [ ! $HOSTNAME ]; then HOSTNAME="localhost" fi; if [ ! $USERNAME ]; then USERNAME="postgres" fi; ########################### #### START THE BACKUPS #### ########################### function perform_backups() { SUFFIX=$1 FINAL_BACKUP_DIR=$BACKUP_DIR"`date +\%Y-\%m-\%d`$SUFFIX/" echo "Making backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR" if ! mkdir -p $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR; then echo "Cannot create backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR. Go and fix it!" 1>&2 exit 1; fi; ####################### ### GLOBALS BACKUPS ### ####################### echo -e "\n\nPerforming globals backup" echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n" if [ $ENABLE_GLOBALS_BACKUPS = "yes" ] then echo "Globals backup" if ! pg_dumpall -g -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"globals".sql.gz.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce globals backup" 1>&2 else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"globals".sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"globals".sql.gz fi else echo "None" fi ########################### ### SCHEMA-ONLY BACKUPS ### ########################### for SCHEMA_ONLY_DB in ${SCHEMA_ONLY_LIST//,/ } do SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE="$SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE or datname ~ '$SCHEMA_ONLY_DB'" done SCHEMA_ONLY_QUERY="select datname from pg_database where false $SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE order by datname;" echo -e "\n\nPerforming schema-only backups" echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n" SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST=`psql -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" -At -c "$SCHEMA_ONLY_QUERY" postgres` echo -e "The following databases were matched for schema-only backup:\n${SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST}\n" for DATABASE in $SCHEMA_ONLY_DB_LIST do echo "Schema-only backup of $DATABASE" if ! pg_dump -Fp -s -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to backup database schema of $DATABASE" 1>&2 else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE"_SCHEMA.sql.gz fi done ########################### ###### FULL BACKUPS ####### ########################### for SCHEMA_ONLY_DB in ${SCHEMA_ONLY_LIST//,/ } do EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE="$EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE and datname !~ '$SCHEMA_ONLY_DB'" done FULL_BACKUP_QUERY="select datname from pg_database where not datistemplate and datallowconn $EXCLUDE_SCHEMA_ONLY_CLAUSE order by datname;" echo -e "\n\nPerforming full backups" echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n" for DATABASE in `psql -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" -At -c "$FULL_BACKUP_QUERY" postgres` do if [ $ENABLE_PLAIN_BACKUPS = "yes" ] then echo "Plain backup of $DATABASE" if ! pg_dump -Fp -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce plain backup database $DATABASE" 1>&2 else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz fi fi if [ $ENABLE_CUSTOM_BACKUPS = "yes" ] then echo "Custom backup of $DATABASE" if ! pg_dump -Fc -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" -f $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress; then echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce custom backup database $DATABASE" else mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom fi fi done echo -e "\nAll database backups complete!" } # MONTHLY BACKUPS DAY_OF_MONTH=`date +%d` if [ $DAY_OF_MONTH -eq 1 ]; then # Delete all expired monthly directories find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -name "*-monthly" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';' perform_backups "-monthly" exit 0; fi # WEEKLY BACKUPS DAY_OF_WEEK=`date +%u` #1-7 (Monday-Sunday) EXPIRED_DAYS=`expr $((($WEEKS_TO_KEEP * 7) + 1))` if [ $DAY_OF_WEEK = $DAY_OF_WEEK_TO_KEEP ]; then # Delete all expired weekly directories find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$EXPIRED_DAYS -name "*-weekly" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';' perform_backups "-weekly" exit 0; fi # DAILY BACKUPS # Delete daily backups 7 days old or more find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYS_TO_KEEP -name "*-daily" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';' perform_backups "-daily"
For your information, above codes are copied at https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Automated_Backup_on_Linux