[influxdb] Backup using cron

[d***@gmail.com]

Hi Guys,

I'm struggling with the following,

influxdb ver 1.0.2
OS EL7.2

Using the following to command to backup
influxd backup -database test /var/backups/influxdb

which works and it backs up all the meta and shards.

But using the same command in crontab or even cron file, I only get the meta backed up.
SO,

am I missing something obvious?

Thanks,
Danie

['Larry Walker' via InfluxData]

This is what I do.

$ crontab -l

30 2 * * * sudo /home/influxDbBackup.sh > /tmp/influxdbbackup.log 2>&1


Then inside the script it does the backup

sudo influxd backup -database mydb /backupdirectory &> backup.log

Can you share the actual crontab config?
Cron has no environment, unlike a user shell. Are you specifying the full
path for influxd? Perhaps there's a missing environment variable?

Post by d***@gmail.com
Hi Guys,
I'm struggling with the following,
influxdb ver 1.0.2
OS EL7.2
Using the following to command to backup
influxd backup -database test /var/backups/influxdb
which works and it backs up all the meta and shards.
But using the same command in crontab or even cron file, I only get the meta backed up.
SO,
am I missing something obvious?
Thanks,
Danie
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[Danie van Zyl]

Hi Sean,

I've figured it out eventually,

I've added the following environmental variables and it worked.

LC_CTYPE=UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm





On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 at 19:16 Sean Beckett <***@influxdb.com> wrote:

Can you share the actual crontab config?

Cron has no environment, unlike a user shell. Are you specifying the full
path for influxd? Perhaps there's a missing environment variable?



On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:23 AM, <***@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Guys,

I'm struggling with the following,

influxdb ver 1.0.2
OS EL7.2

Using the following to command to backup
influxd backup -database test /var/backups/influxdb

which works and it backs up all the meta and shards.

But using the same command in crontab or even cron file, I only get the
meta backed up.
SO,

am I missing something obvious?

Thanks,
Danie


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