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setup_barmanserver

This role is for setting up Barman server. Barman is a backup and recovery tool for Postgres.

Requirements

Following are the requirements of this role.

  1. Ansible
  2. edb_devops.edb_postgres -> setup_repo role for setting the repository on the systems.

Role Variables

When executing the role via ansible these are the required variables:

  • pg_version

Postgres Versions supported are: 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14

  • pg_type

Database Engine supported are: PG and EPAS

These and other variables can be assigned in the pre_tasks definition of the section: How to include the setup_barmanserver role in your Playbook

The rest of the variables can be configured and are available in the:

Below is the documentation of the rest of the main variables:

barman_user

System user running barman commands. Default: barman

Example:

barman_user: 'barman'

barman_group

System group the barman user is part of. Default: barman

Example:

barman_group: 'barman'

barman_configuration_file

Barman main configuration file path. Default: /etc/barman.conf

Example:

barman_configuration_file: '/etc/barman.conf'

barman_configuration_files_directory

Directory containing the included barman configuration files. Default: /etc/barman.d

Example:

barman_configuration_files_directory: '/etc/barman.d'

barman_home

Path of the barman home directory. Backup files and archived WAL files are stored in this root directory. Default: /var/lib/barman

Example:

barman_home: '/var/lib/barman'

barman_lock_directory

Path of the barman execution directory. Default: /var/run/barman

Example:

barman_lock_directory: '/var/run/barman'

barman_log_file

Barman logging file path. Default: /var/log/barman/barman.log

Example:

barman_log_file: '/var/log/barman/barman.log'

barman_log_level

Logging level. Default: INFO

Example:

barman_log_level: 'INFO'

barman_compression

Compression tool to use for backups and archived WAL files. Default: gzip

Example:

barman_compression: 'gzip'

Dependencies

This role does not have any dependencies, but packages repositories should have been configured beforehand with the setup_repo role.

Example Playbook

Inventory file content

Content of the inventory.yml file:

---
all:
  children:
    barmanserver:
      hosts:
        barman1:
          ansible_host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
          private_ip: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

How to include the setup_barmanserver role in your Playbook

Below is an example of how to include the setup_barmanserver role:

---
- hosts: barmanserver
  name: Deploy Barman Servers
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  collections:
    - edb_devops.edb_postgres

  pre_tasks:
    - name: Initialize the user defined variables
      set_fact:
        pg_version: 14
        pg_type: "PG"

  roles:
    # Install Postgres binaries required for Barman
    - install_dbserver
    - setup_barmanserver

Defining and adding variables is done in the set_fact of the pre_tasks.

All the variables are available at:

License

BSD

Author information

Author: