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unkinben 3c2bdf307a Add S3 backups to all CNPG Postgres clusters (#298)
## Why

None of the 8 CNPG Postgres clusters in this repo had **any** backup configured. A
lost PVC, a fat-fingered migration, or a bad app deploy meant permanent, unrecoverable
data loss for authentik, litellm, artifactapi, woodpecker, puppet, encapi, paperclip
and grafana. This adds continuous WAL archiving + a nightly base backup to Ceph RGW for
every cluster, plus code-forward restore docs.

## What

- **`spec.backup.barmanObjectStore`** on each `cnpg_cluster.yaml` — turns on continuous
  WAL archiving to `s3://cnpg-<app>`, WAL compressed with zstd, base backups with bzip2,
  30-day retention. TLS to `s3.ceph.unkin.net` is trusted via the reflected
  `vault-ca-cert` (`endpointCA`).
- **`cnpg_backup.yaml`** per app — a cephrgw `ObjectStoreUser` + `Bucket` (operator
  provisions the bucket and mints the S3 key into `cnpg-<app>-backup-s3`; **nothing is
  hardcoded**) and a staggered nightly `ScheduledBackup`.
- **`schemas/ceph.unkin.net/*.json`** — the three cephrgw CRD schemas so kubeconform can
  validate the new CRs.
- **`docs/`** — new docs folder (README index + `cnpg-backups.md` + `cnpg-restore.md`).

## Design decisions (answers to the open questions)

**One bucket for all, or per-database?** → **Per-database (one bucket + owner user per
cluster).** The cephrgw CRDs are namespace-scoped (`BucketRef`/`OwnerRef` resolve only
*within the same namespace*), and CNPG reads its S3 credential Secret from its *own*
namespace. A single shared bucket would require either cross-namespace bucket refs
(unsupported) or hand-copying the S3 secret into all 8 namespaces (defeats "operator
mints the keys"). Per-namespace `s3://cnpg-<app>` with a dedicated owner user is the
simplest correct topology and needs zero manual seeding. Each user owns exactly one
bucket, so owner-level (full) access is already tightly scoped — no extra `BucketAccess`
grant needed.

**Backup mechanism.** The deployed CNPG operator is **v1.28** (helm chart
`cloudnative-pg-0.27.0`, appVersion 1.28.0). 1.26+ deprecates the in-tree
`barmanObjectStore` in favour of the Barman Cloud Plugin, but the plugin is **not
deployed**, and `barmanObjectStore` is still fully functional on 1.28. So this uses the
in-tree mechanism. Migrating to the plugin is a follow-up (noted in `docs/cnpg-backups.md`).

## Schedule / retention (defaults — Ben to adjust)

| App | Cluster | Bucket | Nightly base backup |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| authentik | postgres | cnpg-authentik | 01:00 |
| litellm | litellm-postgres | cnpg-litellm | 01:20 |
| artifactapi | postgres | cnpg-artifactapi | 01:40 |
| woodpecker | woodpecker-postgres | cnpg-woodpecker | 02:00 |
| puppet | puppet-postgres | cnpg-puppet | 02:20 |
| encapi | postgres | cnpg-encapi | 02:40 |
| paperclip | paperclip-postgres | cnpg-paperclip | 03:00 |
| grafana | postgres | cnpg-grafana | 03:20 |

Retention is **30d** across the board — flagged as a default to tune per cluster.
Schedules are staggered 20 min apart so 8 base backups don't hit RGW at once.

## Validation

- `kustomize build --enable-helm` + `kubeconform` (repo CI args, incl. the new ceph
  schemas) pass on all 8 affected overlays (paperclip validated at base — it has no
  overlay yet). ceph CRs resolve their schemas (`Skipped: 0`).
- `pre-commit run` passes on all changed files (yamllint, no-plain-secrets, etc.).
- Note: a full `ci/validate-apps.sh` run aborts locally on the unrelated
  `cattle-system` overlay (`chart requires kubeVersion < 1.35 vs host helm v1.36.0`) —
  pre-existing, reproduces on `origin/main`, unrelated to this change.

## Notes / caveats

- No overlap with the woodpecker chart-bump PR (#297, overlay files only) or the logging
  PR (#296) beyond the three **identical** generated `schemas/ceph.unkin.net/*.json`
  files, which merge cleanly whichever lands first.
- Credentials: no manual seeding — the cephrgw-operator mints the RGW user + keys. The
  only prerequisite is the operator being healthy (it is, in `cephrgw-system`).

## Follow-ups

- Barman Cloud Plugin migration (deploy plugin, move clusters to `ObjectStore` CRs).
- Tune per-cluster retention / schedule if the defaults don't fit.

https://claude.ai/code/session_015ur3i7D2azsMAWTSVABApv
Reviewed-on: #298
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
2026-07-27 23:57:08 +10:00

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---
apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
kind: Cluster
metadata:
name: postgres
namespace: grafana
spec:
affinity:
podAntiAffinityType: preferred
backup:
# 30-day retention (DEFAULT — adjust per cluster if needed). Enforced by CNPG
# against the object store on each successful base backup.
retentionPolicy: 30d
barmanObjectStore:
# Dedicated per-cluster Ceph RGW bucket (cephrgw-operator provisions it).
destinationPath: s3://cnpg-grafana
endpointURL: https://s3.ceph.unkin.net
# radosgw serves a Vault-PKI cert; trust the internal CA (reflected into
# every namespace as the vault-ca-cert Secret).
endpointCA:
name: vault-ca-cert
key: ca.crt
# Keys minted by the ObjectStoreUser in cnpg_backup.yaml; never hardcoded.
s3Credentials:
accessKeyId:
name: cnpg-grafana-backup-s3
key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
secretAccessKey:
name: cnpg-grafana-backup-s3
key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
# Path prefix within the bucket; keep stable across restores (see docs).
serverName: grafana
data:
compression: bzip2
jobs: 2
wal:
compression: zstd
maxParallel: 2
bootstrap:
initdb:
database: grafana
encoding: UTF8
localeCType: C
localeCollate: C
owner: grafana
secret:
name: postgres-credentials
enablePDB: true
enableSuperuserAccess: false
failoverDelay: 0
imageName: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:18.1-system-trixie
instances: 2
logLevel: info
monitoring:
customQueriesConfigMap:
- key: queries
name: cnpg-default-monitoring
disableDefaultQueries: false
enablePodMonitor: false
postgresql:
parameters:
max_connections: "200"
shared_buffers: 128MB
primaryUpdateMethod: restart
primaryUpdateStrategy: unsupervised
replicationSlots:
highAvailability:
enabled: true
slotPrefix: _cnpg_
synchronizeReplicas:
enabled: true
updateInterval: 30
resources:
limits:
cpu: 500m
memory: 512Mi
requests:
cpu: 50m
memory: 256Mi
smartShutdownTimeout: 180
startDelay: 3600
stopDelay: 1800
storage:
resizeInUseVolumes: true
size: 10Gi
storageClass: cephrbd-fast-delete
switchoverDelay: 3600