Need to backup etcd meta, wonder if birdwatcher provides API for it?

[Andy6132024]

See title. Is there an example?

[congqixia]

If the need is only to backup etcd meta, then backup command will do. No restore supported yet.

[Andy6132024]

If the need is only to backup etcd meta, then backup command will do. No restore supported yet.

Actually, I would like to create some automation job which backs up etcd meta. backup command doesn't seem to meet my requirements. @congqixia

[Andy6132024]

Hi @congqixia, I just want to follow up again on this topic. I am trying to implement a tool which automatically backup etcd on a schedule. The backup command can only be executed after entering the birdwatcher shell. So I wonder if there's any API/SDK to create backup, which is a more direct approach. Thanks!

[congqixia]

@Andy6132024 if using a pre-built binary is acceptable, you could try follow command:

./bin/birdwatcher --olc="#connect --etcd [etcd-address] --auto,backup"

currently, birdwatcher is not designed to used as a lib, so using it's internal function might be a little bit tricky here.

[Andy6132024]

--olc="#connect --etcd [etcd-address] --auto,backup"

./bin/birdwatcher --olc="#connect --etcd [etcd-address]:[port] --auto,backup" It works, Ty!

[Andy6132024]

@congqixia Is there a plan to implement restore?

[Andy6132024]

Hi @congqixia, I believe without the procedure to restore, the backup file is not very useful. It's not exactly an ETCD snapshot, but encoded data (protobuf) of various content.