DevOps / Scripts
bash
Intermediate
Postgres S3 Backup
Dump a Postgres database, gzip it, push to S3 with AES256 encryption.
bash
#!/bin/bash
DB=$1
STAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
FILE=/tmp/backup_${STAMP}.sql.gz
pg_dump $DB | gzip > $FILE
aws s3 cp $FILE s3://my-backups/postgres/$DB/ --sse AES256 --quiet
rm -f $FILEPrerequisites
- pg_dump
- aws-cli v2
Pro Tips
- → Set S3 lifecycle to expire old backups.
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Module Info
- Language
- bash
- Level
- Intermediate
- Read time
- 3 min
- Published
- Sep 2026
- License
- Commercial License
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