We are running FoundationDB with the official kubernetes operator. FoundationDB supports logical backups (with backup_agent) and disaster recovery (with dr_agent) through copying the database/streaming changes logically. It also supports binary backups through disk snapshots.

In this blog post, we will describe how to make a backup of FoundationDB via backup_agent. The FoundationDB operator supports making logical backups via backup_agent, but it does not support running DR with dr_agent. We decided to run backup_agent as a separate deployment to allow a symmetric setup with dr_agent.

In this blog we focus on how we can dump and restore data stored in Tigris Server, an Open Source Database, using Tigris CLI. This will be demonstrated using our public beta environment.

Overview

At a high level the process looks as follows:

• Setting up Tigris CLI
• Authentication via the CLI
• Performing the data dump or restore