infra/docs/runbooks/restore-postgresql.md

Restore PostgreSQL (CNPG)

Prerequisites

• kubectl access to the cluster
• CNPG operator running in the cluster
• Backup dump available on NFS at /mnt/main/postgresql-backup/
• PostgreSQL superuser password (from pg-cluster-superuser secret in dbaas namespace)

Backup Location

• NFS: /mnt/main/postgresql-backup/dump_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM.sql.gz
• Replicated to Synology NAS (192.168.1.13) via TrueNAS ZFS replication
• Retention: 14 days

Restore from pg_dumpall

1. Identify the backup to restore

# List available backups (from any node with NFS access)
ls -lt /mnt/main/postgresql-backup/dump_*.sql | head -20

# Or via a pod:
kubectl run pg-restore --rm -it --image=postgres:16.4-bullseye \
  --overrides='{"spec":{"volumes":[{"name":"backup","persistentVolumeClaim":{"claimName":"dbaas-postgresql-backup"}}],"containers":[{"name":"pg-restore","image":"postgres:16.4-bullseye","volumeMounts":[{"name":"backup","mountPath":"/backup"}],"command":["ls","-lt","/backup/"]}]}}' \
  -n dbaas

2. Get the superuser password

kubectl get secret pg-cluster-superuser -n dbaas -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d

3. Option A: Restore into existing CNPG cluster

# Port-forward to the CNPG primary
kubectl port-forward svc/pg-cluster-rw -n dbaas 5433:5432 &

# Restore (decompress and pipe to psql — this will overwrite existing data)
PGPASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret pg-cluster-superuser -n dbaas -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d) \
  zcat /path/to/dump_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM.sql.gz | psql -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5433 -U postgres

3. Option B: Rebuild CNPG cluster from scratch

# 1. Delete the existing cluster
kubectl delete cluster pg-cluster -n dbaas

# 2. Wait for PVCs to be cleaned up
kubectl get pvc -n dbaas -l cnpg.io/cluster=pg-cluster

# 3. Re-apply the cluster manifest (via terragrunt)
cd infra && scripts/tg apply -target=null_resource.pg_cluster stacks/dbaas

# 4. Wait for cluster to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready cluster/pg-cluster -n dbaas --timeout=300s

# 5. Restore the dump
PGPASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret pg-cluster-superuser -n dbaas -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d) \
  kubectl run pg-restore --rm -it --image=postgres:16.4-bullseye \
  --overrides='{"spec":{"volumes":[{"name":"backup","persistentVolumeClaim":{"claimName":"dbaas-postgresql-backup"}}],"containers":[{"name":"pg-restore","image":"postgres:16.4-bullseye","env":[{"name":"PGPASSWORD","value":"'$PGPASSWORD'"}],"volumeMounts":[{"name":"backup","mountPath":"/backup"}],"command":["/bin/sh","-c","zcat /backup/dump_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM.sql.gz | psql -h pg-cluster-rw.dbaas -U postgres"]}]}}' \
  -n dbaas

4. Verify restoration

# Check databases exist
PGPASSWORD=$PGPASSWORD psql -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5433 -U postgres -c "\l"

# Check table counts for critical databases
for db in health linkwarden affine woodpecker claude_memory; do
  echo "=== $db ==="
  PGPASSWORD=$PGPASSWORD psql -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5433 -U postgres -d $db -c \
    "SELECT schemaname, tablename, n_live_tup FROM pg_stat_user_tables ORDER BY n_live_tup DESC LIMIT 5;"
done

5. Restart dependent services

After restore, restart services that connect to PostgreSQL to pick up fresh connections:

kubectl rollout restart deployment -n health
kubectl rollout restart deployment -n linkwarden
# ... repeat for all PG-dependent services (excluding trading — disabled)

Restore from Synology (if TrueNAS is down)

1. SSH to Synology NAS (192.168.1.13)
2. Find the replicated dataset: zfs list | grep postgresql-backup
3. Mount or copy the backup file to a location accessible from the cluster
4. Follow the restore procedure above

Estimated Time

• Restore into existing cluster: ~10 minutes (depends on dump size)
• Full rebuild: ~20-30 minutes