lbry-rocksdb/docs/api/backup.rst
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Backup and Restore
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BackupEngine
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.. py:class:: rocksdb.BackupEngine
.. py:method:: __init__(backup_dir)
Creates a object to manage backup of a single database.
:param unicode backup_dir: Where to keep the backup files.
Has to be different than db.db_name.
For example db.db_name + '/backups'.
.. py:method:: create_backup(db, flush_before_backup=False)
Triggers the creation of a backup.
:param db: Database object to backup.
:type db: :py:class:`rocksdb.DB`
:param bool flush_before_backup: If ``True`` the current memtable is flushed.
.. py:method:: restore_backup(backup_id, db_dir, wal_dir)
Restores the backup from the given id.
:param int backup_id: id of the backup to restore.
:param unicode db_dir: Target directory to restore backup.
:param unicode wal_dir: Target directory to restore backuped WAL files.
.. py:method:: restore_latest_backup(db_dir, wal_dir)
Restores the latest backup.
:param unicode db_dir: see :py:meth:`restore_backup`
:param unicode wal_dir: see :py:meth:`restore_backup`
.. py:method:: stop_backup()
Can be called from another thread to stop the current backup process.
.. py:method:: purge_old_backups(num_backups_to_keep)
Deletes all backups (oldest first) until "num_backups_to_keep" are left.
:param int num_backups_to_keep: Number of backupfiles to keep.
.. py:method:: delete_backup(backup_id)
:param int backup_id: Delete the backup with the given id.
.. py:method:: get_backup_info()
Returns information about all backups.
It returns a list of dict's where each dict as the following keys.
``backup_id``
(int): id of this backup.
``timestamp``
(int): Seconds since epoch, when the backup was created.
``size``
(int): Size in bytes of the backup.