A tool for easy ClickHouse backup and restore with support for many cloud and non-cloud storage types.
To backup data, clickhouse-backup
requires access to the same files as clickhouse-server
in /var/lib/clickhouse
folders.
For that reason, it's prefereable to run clickhouse-backup
on the same host or same Kubernetes Pod or the neighbor container on the same host where clickhouse-server
ran.
TODO You can backup only schema from remote hosts.
- Easy creating and restoring backups of all or specific tables
- Efficient storing of multiple backups on the file system
- Uploading and downloading with streaming compression
- Works with AWS, GCS, Azure, Tencent COS, FTP, SFTP
- Support for Atomic Database Engine
- Support for multi disks installations
- Support for custom remote storage types via
rclone
,kopia
,restic
,rsync
etc - Support for incremental backups on remote storage
- ClickHouse above 1.1.54394 is supported
- Only MergeTree family tables engines (more table types for
clickhouse-server
22.7+ andUSE_EMBEDDED_BACKUP_RESTORE=true
)
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Download the latest binary from the releases page and decompress with:
tar -zxvf clickhouse-backup.tar.gz
Use the official tiny Docker image and run it on a host with clickhouse-server
installed:
docker run -u $(id -u clickhouse) --rm -it --network host -v "/var/lib/clickhouse:/var/lib/clickhouse" \
-e CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD="password" \
-e S3_BUCKET="clickhouse-backup" \
-e S3_ACCESS_KEY="access_key" \
-e S3_SECRET_KEY="secret" \
altinity/clickhouse-backup --help
Build from the sources (required go 1.21+):
GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/Altinity/clickhouse-backup/v2/cmd/clickhouse-backup@latest
Data files is immutable in clickhouse-server
.
During backup operation clickhouse-backup
create file system hard-links to exists clickhouse-server
data parts via executing ALTER TABLE ... FREZZE
query.
During restore operation clickhouse-backup
copy hard-links to detached
folder and execute ALTER TABLE ... ATTACH PART
query for each data part and each table in backup.
More detailed description available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=megsNh9Q-dw
NAME:
clickhouse-backup tables - List of tables, exclude skip_tables
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup tables [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>]] [--all]
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--all, -a Print table even when match with skip_tables pattern
--table value, --tables value, -t value List tables only match with table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
NAME:
clickhouse-backup create - Create new backup
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup create [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>] [--partitions=<partition_names>] [-s, --schema] [--rbac] [--configs] [--skip-check-parts-columns] <backup_name>
DESCRIPTION:
Create new backup
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--table value, --tables value, -t value Create backup only matched with table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
--partitions partition_id Create backup only for selected partition names, separated by comma
If PARTITION BY clause returns numeric not hashed values for partition_id field in system.parts table, then use --partitions=partition_id1,partition_id2 format
If PARTITION BY clause returns hashed string values, then use --partitions=('non_numeric_field_value_for_part1'),('non_numeric_field_value_for_part2') format
If PARTITION BY clause returns tuple with multiple fields, then use --partitions=(numeric_value1,'string_value1','date_or_datetime_value'),(...) format
Values depends on field types in your table, use single quotes for String and Date/DateTime related types
Look at the system.parts partition and partition_id fields for details https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts/
--schema, -s Backup schemas only, will skip data
--rbac, --backup-rbac, --do-backup-rbac Backup RBAC related objects
--configs, --backup-configs, --do-backup-configs Backup 'clickhouse-server' configuration files
--rbac-only Backup RBAC related objects only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
--configs-only Backup 'clickhouse-server' configuration files only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
--skip-check-parts-columns Skip check system.parts_columns to disallow backup inconsistent column types for data parts
NAME:
clickhouse-backup create_remote - Create and upload new backup
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup create_remote [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>] [--partitions=<partition_names>] [--diff-from=<local_backup_name>] [--diff-from-remote=<local_backup_name>] [--schema] [--rbac] [--configs] [--resumable] [--skip-check-parts-columns] <backup_name>
DESCRIPTION:
Create and upload
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--table value, --tables value, -t value Create and upload backup only matched with table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
--partitions partition_id Create and upload backup only for selected partition names, separated by comma
If PARTITION BY clause returns numeric not hashed values for partition_id field in system.parts table, then use --partitions=partition_id1,partition_id2 format
If PARTITION BY clause returns hashed string values, then use --partitions=('non_numeric_field_value_for_part1'),('non_numeric_field_value_for_part2') format
If PARTITION BY clause returns tuple with multiple fields, then use --partitions=(numeric_value1,'string_value1','date_or_datetime_value'),(...) format
Values depends on field types in your table, use single quotes for String and Date/DateTime related types
Look at the system.parts partition and partition_id fields for details https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts/
--diff-from value Local backup name which used to upload current backup as incremental
--diff-from-remote value Remote backup name which used to upload current backup as incremental
--schema, -s Backup and upload metadata schema only, will skip data backup
--rbac, --backup-rbac, --do-backup-rbac Backup and upload RBAC related objects
--configs, --backup-configs, --do-backup-configs Backup and upload 'clickhouse-server' configuration files
--rbac-only Backup RBAC related objects only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
--configs-only Backup 'clickhouse-server' configuration files only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
--resume, --resumable Save intermediate upload state and resume upload if backup exists on remote storage, ignore when 'remote_storage: custom' or 'use_embedded_backup_restore: true'
--skip-check-parts-columns Skip check system.parts_columns to disallow backup inconsistent column types for data parts
NAME:
clickhouse-backup upload - Upload backup to remote storage
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup upload [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>] [--partitions=<partition_names>] [-s, --schema] [--diff-from=<local_backup_name>] [--diff-from-remote=<remote_backup_name>] [--resumable] <backup_name>
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--diff-from value Local backup name which used to upload current backup as incremental
--diff-from-remote value Remote backup name which used to upload current backup as incremental
--table value, --tables value, -t value Upload data only for matched table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
--partitions partition_id Upload backup only for selected partition names, separated by comma
If PARTITION BY clause returns numeric not hashed values for partition_id field in system.parts table, then use --partitions=partition_id1,partition_id2 format
If PARTITION BY clause returns hashed string values, then use --partitions=('non_numeric_field_value_for_part1'),('non_numeric_field_value_for_part2') format
If PARTITION BY clause returns tuple with multiple fields, then use --partitions=(numeric_value1,'string_value1','date_or_datetime_value'),(...) format
Values depends on field types in your table, use single quotes for String and Date/DateTime related types
Look at the system.parts partition and partition_id fields for details https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts/
--schema, -s Upload schemas only
--resume, --resumable Save intermediate upload state and resume upload if backup exists on remote storage, ignored with 'remote_storage: custom' or 'use_embedded_backup_restore: true'
NAME:
clickhouse-backup list - List of backups
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup list [all|local|remote] [latest|previous]
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
NAME:
clickhouse-backup download - Download backup from remote storage
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup download [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>] [--partitions=<partition_names>] [-s, --schema] [--resumable] <backup_name>
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--table value, --tables value, -t value Download objects which matched with table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
--partitions partition_id Download backup data only for selected partition names, separated by comma
If PARTITION BY clause returns numeric not hashed values for partition_id field in system.parts table, then use --partitions=partition_id1,partition_id2 format
If PARTITION BY clause returns hashed string values, then use --partitions=('non_numeric_field_value_for_part1'),('non_numeric_field_value_for_part2') format
If PARTITION BY clause returns tuple with multiple fields, then use --partitions=(numeric_value1,'string_value1','date_or_datetime_value'),(...) format
Values depends on field types in your table, use single quotes for String and Date/DateTime related types
Look at the system.parts partition and partition_id fields for details https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts/
--schema, -s Download schema only
--resume, --resumable Save intermediate download state and resume download if backup exists on local storage, ignored with 'remote_storage: custom' or 'use_embedded_backup_restore: true'
NAME:
clickhouse-backup restore - Create schema and restore data from backup
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup restore [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>] [-m, --restore-database-mapping=<originDB>:<targetDB>[,<...>]] [--partitions=<partitions_names>] [-s, --schema] [-d, --data] [--rm, --drop] [-i, --ignore-dependencies] [--rbac] [--configs] <backup_name>
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--table value, --tables value, -t value Restore only database and objects which matched with table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
--restore-database-mapping value, -m value Define the rule to restore data. For the database not defined in this struct, the program will not deal with it.
--partitions partition_id Restore backup only for selected partition names, separated by comma
If PARTITION BY clause returns numeric not hashed values for partition_id field in system.parts table, then use --partitions=partition_id1,partition_id2 format
If PARTITION BY clause returns hashed string values, then use --partitions=('non_numeric_field_value_for_part1'),('non_numeric_field_value_for_part2') format
If PARTITION BY clause returns tuple with multiple fields, then use --partitions=(numeric_value1,'string_value1','date_or_datetime_value'),(...) format
Values depends on field types in your table, use single quotes for String and Date/DateTime related types
Look at the system.parts partition and partition_id fields for details https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts/
--schema, -s Restore schema only
--data, -d Restore data only
--rm, --drop Drop exists schema objects before restore
-i, --ignore-dependencies Ignore dependencies when drop exists schema objects
--rbac, --restore-rbac, --do-restore-rbac Restore RBAC related objects
--configs, --restore-configs, --do-restore-configs Restore 'clickhouse-server' CONFIG related files
--rbac-only Restore RBAC related objects only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
--configs-only Restore 'clickhouse-server' configuration files only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
NAME:
clickhouse-backup restore_remote - Download and restore
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup restore_remote [--schema] [--data] [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>] [-m, --restore-database-mapping=<originDB>:<targetDB>[,<...>]] [--partitions=<partitions_names>] [--rm, --drop] [-i, --ignore-dependencies] [--rbac] [--configs] [--skip-rbac] [--skip-configs] [--resumable] <backup_name>
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--table value, --tables value, -t value Download and restore objects which matched with table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
--restore-database-mapping value, -m value Define the rule to restore data. For the database not defined in this struct, the program will not deal with it.
--partitions partition_id Download and restore backup only for selected partition names, separated by comma
If PARTITION BY clause returns numeric not hashed values for partition_id field in system.parts table, then use --partitions=partition_id1,partition_id2 format
If PARTITION BY clause returns hashed string values, then use --partitions=('non_numeric_field_value_for_part1'),('non_numeric_field_value_for_part2') format
If PARTITION BY clause returns tuple with multiple fields, then use --partitions=(numeric_value1,'string_value1','date_or_datetime_value'),(...) format
Values depends on field types in your table, use single quotes for String and Date/DateTime related types
Look at the system.parts partition and partition_id fields for details https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts/
--schema, -s Download and Restore schema only
--data, -d Download and Restore data only
--rm, --drop Drop schema objects before restore
-i, --ignore-dependencies Ignore dependencies when drop exists schema objects
--rbac, --restore-rbac, --do-restore-rbac Download and Restore RBAC related objects
--configs, --restore-configs, --do-restore-configs Download and Restore 'clickhouse-server' CONFIG related files
--rbac-only Restore RBAC related objects only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
--configs-only Restore 'clickhouse-server' configuration files only, will skip backup data, will backup schema only if --schema added
--resume, --resumable Save intermediate upload state and resume upload if backup exists on remote storage, ignored with 'remote_storage: custom' or 'use_embedded_backup_restore: true'
NAME:
clickhouse-backup delete - Delete specific backup
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup delete <local|remote> <backup_name>
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
NAME:
clickhouse-backup default-config - Print default config
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup default-config [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
NAME:
clickhouse-backup print-config - Print current config merged with environment variables
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup print-config [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
NAME:
clickhouse-backup clean - Remove data in 'shadow' folder from all 'path' folders available from 'system.disks'
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup clean [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
NAME:
clickhouse-backup clean_remote_broken - Remove all broken remote backups
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup clean_remote_broken [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
NAME:
clickhouse-backup watch - Run infinite loop which create full + incremental backup sequence to allow efficient backup sequences
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup watch [--watch-interval=1h] [--full-interval=24h] [--watch-backup-name-template=shard{shard}-{type}-{time:20060102150405}] [-t, --tables=<db>.<table>] [--partitions=<partitions_names>] [--schema] [--rbac] [--configs] [--skip-check-parts-columns]
DESCRIPTION:
Execute create_remote + delete local, create full backup every `--full-interval`, create and upload incremental backup every `--watch-interval` use previous backup as base with `--diff-from-remote` option, use `backups_to_keep_remote` config option for properly deletion remote backups, will delete old backups which not have references from other backups
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--watch-interval value Interval for run 'create_remote' + 'delete local' for incremental backup, look format https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration
--full-interval value Interval for run 'create_remote'+'delete local' when stop create incremental backup sequence and create full backup, look format https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration
--watch-backup-name-template value Template for new backup name, could contain names from system.macros, {type} - full or incremental and {time:LAYOUT}, look to https://go.dev/src/time/format.go for layout examples
--table value, --tables value, -t value Create and upload only objects which matched with table name patterns, separated by comma, allow ? and * as wildcard
--partitions partition_id Partitions names, separated by comma
If PARTITION BY clause returns numeric not hashed values for partition_id field in system.parts table, then use --partitions=partition_id1,partition_id2 format
If PARTITION BY clause returns hashed string values, then use --partitions=('non_numeric_field_value_for_part1'),('non_numeric_field_value_for_part2') format
If PARTITION BY clause returns tuple with multiple fields, then use --partitions=(numeric_value1,'string_value1','date_or_datetime_value'),(...) format
Values depends on field types in your table, use single quotes for String and Date/DateTime related types
Look at the system.parts partition and partition_id fields for details https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts/
--schema, -s Schemas only
--rbac, --backup-rbac, --do-backup-rbac Backup RBAC related objects only
--configs, --backup-configs, --do-backup-configs Backup `clickhouse-server' configuration files only
--skip-check-parts-columns Skip check system.parts_columns to disallow backup inconsistent column types for data parts
NAME:
clickhouse-backup server - Run API server
USAGE:
clickhouse-backup server [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--config value, -c value Config 'FILE' name. (default: "/etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml") [$CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG]
--watch Run watch go-routine for 'create_remote' + 'delete local', after API server startup
--watch-interval value Interval for run 'create_remote' + 'delete local' for incremental backup, look format https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration
--full-interval value Interval for run 'create_remote'+'delete local' when stop create incremental backup sequence and create full backup, look format https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration
--watch-backup-name-template value Template for new backup name, could contain names from system.macros, {type} - full or incremental and {time:LAYOUT}, look to https://go.dev/src/time/format.go for layout examples
By default, the config file is located at /etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml
, but it can be redefined via the CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_CONFIG
environment variable.
All options can be overwritten via environment variables.
Use clickhouse-backup print-config
to print current config.
general:
remote_storage: none # REMOTE_STORAGE, choice from: `azblob`,`gcs`,`s3`, etc; if `none` then `upload` and `download` commands will fail.
max_file_size: 1073741824 # MAX_FILE_SIZE, 1G by default, useless when upload_by_part is true, use to split data parts files by archives
disable_progress_bar: true # DISABLE_PROGRESS_BAR, show progress bar during upload and download, makes sense only when `upload_concurrency` and `download_concurrency` is 1
backups_to_keep_local: 0 # BACKUPS_TO_KEEP_LOCAL, how many latest local backup should be kept, 0 means all created backups will be stored on local disk
# -1 means backup will keep after `create` but will delete after `create_remote` command
# You can run `clickhouse-backup delete local <backup_name>` command to remove temporary backup files from the local disk
backups_to_keep_remote: 0 # BACKUPS_TO_KEEP_REMOTE, how many latest backup should be kept on remote storage, 0 means all uploaded backups will be stored on remote storage.
# If old backups are required for newer incremental backup then it won't be deleted. Be careful with long incremental backup sequences.
log_level: info # LOG_LEVEL, a choice from `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`
allow_empty_backups: false # ALLOW_EMPTY_BACKUPS
# Concurrency means parallel tables and parallel parts inside tables
# For example, 4 means max 4 parallel tables and 4 parallel parts inside one table, so equals 16 concurrent streams
download_concurrency: 1 # DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY, max 255, by default, the value is round(sqrt(AVAILABLE_CPU_CORES / 2))
upload_concurrency: 1 # UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY, max 255, by default, the value is round(sqrt(AVAILABLE_CPU_CORES / 2))
# RESTORE_SCHEMA_ON_CLUSTER, execute all schema related SQL queries with `ON CLUSTER` clause as Distributed DDL.
# Check `system.clusters` table for the correct cluster name, also `system.macros` can be used.
# This isn't applicable when `use_embedded_backup_restore: true`
restore_schema_on_cluster: ""
upload_by_part: true # UPLOAD_BY_PART
download_by_part: true # DOWNLOAD_BY_PART
use_resumable_state: true # USE_RESUMABLE_STATE, allow resume upload and download according to the <backup_name>.resumable file
# RESTORE_DATABASE_MAPPING, restore rules from backup databases to target databases, which is useful when changing destination database, all atomic tables will be created with new UUIDs.
# The format for this env variable is "src_db1:target_db1,src_db2:target_db2". For YAML please continue using map syntax
restore_database_mapping: {}
retries_on_failure: 3 # RETRIES_ON_FAILURE, how many times to retry after a failure during upload or download
retries_pause: 30s # RETRIES_PAUSE, duration time to pause after each download or upload failure
watch_interval: 1h # WATCH_INTERVAL, use only for `watch` command, backup will create every 1h
full_interval: 24h # FULL_INTERVAL, use only for `watch` command, full backup will create every 24h
watch_backup_name_template: "shard{shard}-{type}-{time:20060102150405}" # WATCH_BACKUP_NAME_TEMPLATE, used only for `watch` command, macros values will apply from `system.macros` for time:XXX, look format in https://go.dev/src/time/format.go
sharded_operation_mode: none # SHARDED_OPERATION_MODE, how different replicas will shard backing up data for tables. Options are: none (no sharding), table (table granularity), database (database granularity), first-replica (on the lexicographically sorted first active replica). If left empty, then the "none" option will be set as default.
cpu_nice_priority: 15 # CPU niceness priority, to allow throttling СЗГ intensive operation, more details https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/nice.1.html
io_nice_priority: "idle" # IO niceness priority, to allow throttling disk intensive operation, more details https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/ionice.1.html
clickhouse:
username: default # CLICKHOUSE_USERNAME
password: "" # CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
host: localhost # CLICKHOUSE_HOST, To make backup data `clickhouse-backup` requires access to the same file system as clickhouse-server, so `host` should localhost or address of another docker container on the same machine, or IP address bound to some network interface on the same host.
port: 9000 # CLICKHOUSE_PORT, don't use 8123, clickhouse-backup doesn't support HTTP protocol
# CLICKHOUSE_DISK_MAPPING, use this mapping when your `system.disks` are different between the source and destination clusters during backup and restore process.
# The format for this env variable is "disk_name1:disk_path1,disk_name2:disk_path2". For YAML please continue using map syntax.
# If destination disk is different from source backup disk then you need to specify the destination disk in the config file:
# disk_mapping:
# disk_destination: /var/lib/clickhouse/disks/destination
# `disk_destination` needs to be referenced in backup (source config), and all names from this map (`disk:path`) shall exist in `system.disks` on destination server.
# During download of the backup from remote location (s3), if `name` is not present in `disk_mapping` (on the destination server config too) then `default` disk path will used for download.
# `disk_mapping` is used to understand during download where downloaded parts shall be unpacked (which disk) on destination server and where to search for data parts directories during restore.
disk_mapping: {}
# CLICKHOUSE_SKIP_TABLES, the list of tables (pattern are allowed) which are ignored during backup and restore process
# The format for this env variable is "pattern1,pattern2,pattern3". For YAML please continue using list syntax
skip_tables:
- system.*
- INFORMATION_SCHEMA.*
- information_schema.*
# CLICKHOUSE_SKIP_TABLE_ENGINES, the list of tables engines which are ignored during backup, upload, download, restore process
# The format for this env variable is "Engine1,Engine2,engine3". For YAML please continue using list syntax
skip_table_engines: []
timeout: 5m # CLICKHOUSE_TIMEOUT
freeze_by_part: false # CLICKHOUSE_FREEZE_BY_PART, allow freezing by part instead of freezing the whole table
freeze_by_part_where: "" # CLICKHOUSE_FREEZE_BY_PART_WHERE, allow parts filtering during freezing when freeze_by_part: true
secure: false # CLICKHOUSE_SECURE, use TLS encryption for connection
skip_verify: false # CLICKHOUSE_SKIP_VERIFY, skip certificate verification and allow potential certificate warnings
sync_replicated_tables: true # CLICKHOUSE_SYNC_REPLICATED_TABLES
tls_key: "" # CLICKHOUSE_TLS_KEY, filename with TLS key file
tls_cert: "" # CLICKHOUSE_TLS_CERT, filename with TLS certificate file
tls_ca: "" # CLICKHOUSE_TLS_CA, filename with TLS custom authority file
log_sql_queries: true # CLICKHOUSE_LOG_SQL_QUERIES, enable logging `clickhouse-backup` SQL queries on `system.query_log` table inside clickhouse-server
debug: false # CLICKHOUSE_DEBUG
config_dir: "/etc/clickhouse-server" # CLICKHOUSE_CONFIG_DIR
# CLICKHOUSE_RESTART_COMMAND, use this command when restoring with --rbac, --rbac-only or --configs, --configs-only options
# will split command by ; and execute one by one, all errors will logged and ignore
# available prefixes
# - sql: will execute SQL query
# - exec: will execute command via shell
restart_command: "sql:SYSTEM SHUTDOWN"
ignore_not_exists_error_during_freeze: true # CLICKHOUSE_IGNORE_NOT_EXISTS_ERROR_DURING_FREEZE, helps to avoid backup failures when running frequent CREATE / DROP tables and databases during backup, `clickhouse-backup` will ignore `code: 60` and `code: 81` errors during execution of `ALTER TABLE ... FREEZE`
check_replicas_before_attach: true # CLICKHOUSE_CHECK_REPLICAS_BEFORE_ATTACH, helps avoiding concurrent ATTACH PART execution when restoring ReplicatedMergeTree tables
use_embedded_backup_restore: false # CLICKHOUSE_USE_EMBEDDED_BACKUP_RESTORE, use BACKUP / RESTORE SQL statements instead of regular SQL queries to use features of modern ClickHouse server versions
backup_mutations: true # CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_MUTATIONS, allow backup mutations from system.mutations WHERE is_done AND apply it during restore
restore_as_attach: false # CLICKHOUSE_RESTORE_AS_ATTACH, allow restore tables which have inconsistent data parts structure and mutations in progress
check_parts_columns: true # CLICKHOUSE_CHECK_PARTS_COLUMNS, check data types from system.parts_columns during create backup to guarantee mutation is complete
max_connections: 0 # CLICKHOUSE_MAX_CONNECTIONS, how many parallel connections could be opened during operations
azblob:
endpoint_suffix: "core.windows.net" # AZBLOB_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX
account_name: "" # AZBLOB_ACCOUNT_NAME
account_key: "" # AZBLOB_ACCOUNT_KEY
sas: "" # AZBLOB_SAS
use_managed_identity: false # AZBLOB_USE_MANAGED_IDENTITY
container: "" # AZBLOB_CONTAINER
path: "" # AZBLOB_PATH, `system.macros` values can be applied as {macro_name}
object_disk_path: "" # AZBLOB_OBJECT_DISK_PATH, path for backup of part from `azure_blob_storage` object disk, if disk present, then shall not be zero and shall not be prefixed by `path`
compression_level: 1 # AZBLOB_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
compression_format: tar # AZBLOB_COMPRESSION_FORMAT, allowed values tar, lz4, bzip2, gzip, sz, xz, brortli, zstd, `none` for upload data part folders as is
sse_key: "" # AZBLOB_SSE_KEY
buffer_size: 0 # AZBLOB_BUFFER_SIZE, if less or eq 0 then it is calculated as max_file_size / max_parts_count, between 2Mb and 4Mb
max_parts_count: 10000 # AZBLOB_MAX_PARTS_COUNT, number of parts for AZBLOB uploads, for properly calculate buffer size
max_buffers: 3 # AZBLOB_MAX_BUFFERS
debug: false # AZBLOB_DEBUG
s3:
access_key: "" # S3_ACCESS_KEY
secret_key: "" # S3_SECRET_KEY
bucket: "" # S3_BUCKET
endpoint: "" # S3_ENDPOINT
region: us-east-1 # S3_REGION
# AWS changed S3 defaults in April 2023 so that all new buckets have ACL disabled: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/heads-up-amazon-s3-security-changes-are-coming-in-april-of-2023/
# They also recommend that ACLs are disabled: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/ensure-object-ownership.html
# use `acl: ""` if you see "api error AccessControlListNotSupported: The bucket does not allow ACLs"
acl: private # S3_ACL
assume_role_arn: "" # S3_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN
force_path_style: false # S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE
path: "" # S3_PATH, `system.macros` values can be applied as {macro_name}
object_disk_path: "" # S3_OBJECT_DISK_PATH, path for backup of part from `s3` object disk, if disk present, then shall not be zero and shall not be prefixed by `path`
disable_ssl: false # S3_DISABLE_SSL
compression_level: 1 # S3_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
compression_format: tar # S3_COMPRESSION_FORMAT, allowed values tar, lz4, bzip2, gzip, sz, xz, brortli, zstd, `none` for upload data part folders as is
# look at details in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/UsingKMSEncryption.html
sse: "" # S3_SSE, empty (default), AES256, or aws:kms
sse_kms_key_id: "" # S3_SSE_KMS_KEY_ID, if S3_SSE is aws:kms then specifies the ID of the Amazon Web Services Key Management Service
sse_customer_algorithm: "" # S3_SSE_CUSTOMER_ALGORITHM, encryption algorithm, for example, AES256
sse_customer_key: "" # S3_SSE_CUSTOMER_KEY, customer-provided encryption key
sse_customer_key_md5: "" # S3_SSE_CUSTOMER_KEY_MD5, 128-bit MD5 digest of the encryption key according to RFC 1321
sse_kms_encryption_context: "" # S3_SSE_KMS_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT, base64-encoded UTF-8 string holding a JSON with the encryption context
# Specifies the Amazon Web Services KMS Encryption Context to use for object encryption.
# This is a collection of non-secret key-value pairs that represent additional authenticated data.
# When you use an encryption context to encrypt data, you must specify the same (an exact case-sensitive match)
# encryption context to decrypt the data. An encryption context is supported only on operations with symmetric encryption KMS keys
disable_cert_verification: false # S3_DISABLE_CERT_VERIFICATION
use_custom_storage_class: false # S3_USE_CUSTOM_STORAGE_CLASS
storage_class: STANDARD # S3_STORAGE_CLASS, by default allow only from list https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/blob/main/service/s3/types/enums.go#L787-L799
concurrency: 1 # S3_CONCURRENCY
part_size: 0 # S3_PART_SIZE, if less or eq 0 then it is calculated as max_file_size / max_parts_count, between 5MB and 5Gb
max_parts_count: 10000 # S3_MAX_PARTS_COUNT, number of parts for S3 multipart uploads
allow_multipart_download: false # S3_ALLOW_MULTIPART_DOWNLOAD, allow faster download and upload speeds, but will require additional disk space, download_concurrency * part size in worst case
checksum_algorithm: "" # S3_CHECKSUM_ALGORITHM, use it when you use object lock which allow to avoid delete keys from bucket until some timeout after creation, use CRC32 as fastest
# S3_OBJECT_LABELS, allow setup metadata for each object during upload, use {macro_name} from system.macros and {backupName} for current backup name
# The format for this env variable is "key1:value1,key2:value2". For YAML please continue using map syntax
object_labels: {}
# S3_CUSTOM_STORAGE_CLASS_MAP, allow setup storage class depending on the backup name regexp pattern, format nameRegexp > className
custom_storage_class_map: {}
# S3_REQUEST_PAYER, define who will pay to request, look https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/RequesterPaysBuckets.html for details, possible values requester, if empty then bucket owner
request_payer: ""
debug: false # S3_DEBUG
gcs:
credentials_file: "" # GCS_CREDENTIALS_FILE
credentials_json: "" # GCS_CREDENTIALS_JSON
credentials_json_encoded: "" # GCS_CREDENTIALS_JSON_ENCODED
skip_credentials: false # GCS_SKIP_CREDENTIALS, skip add credentials to requests to allow anonymous access to bucket
endpoint: "" # GCS_ENDPOINT, use it for custom GCS endpoint/compatible storage. For example, when using custom endpoint via private service connect
bucket: "" # GCS_BUCKET
path: "" # GCS_PATH, `system.macros` values can be applied as {macro_name}
object_disk_path: "" # GCS_OBJECT_DISK_PATH, path for backup of part from `s3` object disk (clickhouse support only gcs over s3 protocol), if disk present, then shall not be zero and shall not be prefixed by `path`
compression_level: 1 # GCS_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
compression_format: tar # GCS_COMPRESSION_FORMAT, allowed values tar, lz4, bzip2, gzip, sz, xz, brortli, zstd, `none` for upload data part folders as is
storage_class: STANDARD # GCS_STORAGE_CLASS
client_pool_size: 500 # GCS_CLIENT_POOL_SIZE, default max(upload_concurrency, download concurrency) * 3, should be at least 3 times bigger than `UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY` or `DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY` in each upload and download case to avoid stuck
# GCS_OBJECT_LABELS, allow setup metadata for each object during upload, use {macro_name} from system.macros and {backupName} for current backup name
# The format for this env variable is "key1:value1,key2:value2". For YAML please continue using map syntax
object_labels: {}
# GCS_CUSTOM_STORAGE_CLASS_MAP, allow setup storage class depends on backup name regexp pattern, format nameRegexp > className
custom_storage_class_map: {}
debug: false # GCS_DEBUG
force_http: false # GCS_FORCE_HTTP
cos:
url: "" # COS_URL
timeout: 2m # COS_TIMEOUT
secret_id: "" # COS_SECRET_ID
secret_key: "" # COS_SECRET_KEY
path: "" # COS_PATH, `system.macros` values can be applied as {macro_name}
compression_format: tar # COS_COMPRESSION_FORMAT, allowed values tar, lz4, bzip2, gzip, sz, xz, brortli, zstd, `none` for upload data part folders as is
compression_level: 1 # COS_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
ftp:
address: "" # FTP_ADDRESS in format `host:port`
timeout: 2m # FTP_TIMEOUT
username: "" # FTP_USERNAME
password: "" # FTP_PASSWORD
tls: false # FTP_TLS
tls_skip_verify: false # FTP_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY
path: "" # FTP_PATH, `system.macros` values can be applied as {macro_name}
compression_format: tar # FTP_COMPRESSION_FORMAT, allowed values tar, lz4, bzip2, gzip, sz, xz, brortli, zstd, `none` for upload data part folders as is
compression_level: 1 # FTP_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
debug: false # FTP_DEBUG
sftp:
address: "" # SFTP_ADDRESS
username: "" # SFTP_USERNAME
password: "" # SFTP_PASSWORD
port: 22 # SFTP_PORT
key: "" # SFTP_KEY
path: "" # SFTP_PATH, `system.macros` values can be applied as {macro_name}
concurrency: 1 # SFTP_CONCURRENCY
compression_format: tar # SFTP_COMPRESSION_FORMAT, allowed values tar, lz4, bzip2, gzip, sz, xz, brortli, zstd, `none` for upload data part folders as is
compression_level: 1 # SFTP_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
debug: false # SFTP_DEBUG
custom:
upload_command: "" # CUSTOM_UPLOAD_COMMAND
download_command: "" # CUSTOM_DOWNLOAD_COMMAND
delete_command: "" # CUSTOM_DELETE_COMMAND
list_command: "" # CUSTOM_LIST_COMMAND
command_timeout: "4h" # CUSTOM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT
api:
listen: "localhost:7171" # API_LISTEN
enable_metrics: true # API_ENABLE_METRICS
enable_pprof: false # API_ENABLE_PPROF
username: "" # API_USERNAME, basic authorization for API endpoint
password: "" # API_PASSWORD
secure: false # API_SECURE, use TLS for listen API socket
ca_cert_file: "" # API_CA_CERT_FILE
# openssl genrsa -out /etc/clickhouse-backup/ca-key.pem 4096
# openssl req -subj "/O=altinity" -x509 -new -nodes -key /etc/clickhouse-backup/ca-key.pem -sha256 -days 365 -out /etc/clickhouse-backup/ca-cert.pem
private_key_file: "" # API_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE, openssl genrsa -out /etc/clickhouse-backup/server-key.pem 4096
certificate_file: "" # API_CERTIFICATE_FILE,
# openssl req -subj "/CN=localhost" -addext "subjectAltName = DNS:localhost,DNS:*.cluster.local" -new -key /etc/clickhouse-backup/server-key.pem -out /etc/clickhouse-backup/server-req.csr
# openssl x509 -req -days 365000 -extensions SAN -extfile <(printf "\n[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:localhost,DNS:*.cluster.local") -in /etc/clickhouse-backup/server-req.csr -out /etc/clickhouse-backup/server-cert.pem -CA /etc/clickhouse-backup/ca-cert.pem -CAkey /etc/clickhouse-backup/ca-key.pem -CAcreateserial
integration_tables_host: "" # API_INTEGRATION_TABLES_HOST, allow using DNS name to connect in `system.backup_list` and `system.backup_actions`
allow_parallel: false # API_ALLOW_PARALLEL, enable parallel operations, this allows for significant memory allocation and spawns go-routines, don't enable it if you are not sure
create_integration_tables: false # API_CREATE_INTEGRATION_TABLES, create `system.backup_list` and `system.backup_actions`
complete_resumable_after_restart: true # API_COMPLETE_RESUMABLE_AFTER_RESTART, after API server startup, if `/var/lib/clickhouse/backup/*/(upload|download).state` present, then operation will continue in the background
upload_concurrency
and download_concurrency
define how many parallel download / upload go-routines will start independently of the remote storage type.
In 1.3.0+ it means how many parallel data parts will be uploaded, assuming upload_by_part
and download_by_part
are true
(which is the default value).
concurrency
in the s3
section means how many concurrent upload
streams will run during multipart upload in each upload go-routine.
A high value for S3_CONCURRENCY
and a high value for S3_PART_SIZE
will allocate a lot of memory for buffers inside the AWS golang SDK.
concurrency
in the sftp
section means how many concurrent request will be used for upload
and download
for each file.
For compression_format
, a good default is tar
, which uses less CPU. In most cases the data in clickhouse is already compressed, so you may not get a lot of space savings when compressing already-compressed data.
All custom commands use the go-template language. For example, you can use {{ .cfg.* }}
{{ .backupName }}
{{ .diffFromRemote }}
.
A custom list_command
returns JSON which is compatible with the metadata.BackupMetadata
type with JSONEachRow format.
For examples, see restic, rsync and kopia. Feel free to add yours custom storage.
Never change file permissions in /var/lib/clickhouse/backup
.
This path contains hard links. Permissions on all hard links to the same data on disk are always identical.
That means that if you change the permissions/owner/attributes on a hard link in backup path, permissions on files with which ClickHouse works will be changed too.
That can lead to data corruption.
Use the clickhouse-backup server
command to run as a REST API server. In general, the API attempts to mirror the CLI commands.
GET /
List all current applicable HTTP routes
POST /
POST /restart
Restart HTTP server, close all current connections, close listen socket, open listen socket again, all background go-routines breaks with contexts
GET /backup/kill
Kill selected command from GET /backup/actions
command list, kill process should be near immediate, but some go-routines (upload one data part) could continue to run.
- Optional query argument
command
may contain the command name to kill, or if it is omitted then kill the first "in progress" command.
GET /backup/tables
Print list of tables: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/tables | jq .
, exclude pattern matched tables from skip_tables
configuration parameters
- Optional query argument
table
works the same as the--table value
CLI argument.
GET /backup/tables/all
Print list of tables: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/tables/all | jq .
, ignore skip_tables
configuration parameters.
- Optional query argument
table
works the same as the--table value
CLI argument.
POST /backup/create
Create new backup: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/create -X POST | jq .
- Optional query argument
table
works the same as the--table value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
partitions
works the same as the--partitions value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
name
works the same as specifying a backup name with the CLI. - Optional query argument
schema
works the same as the--schema
CLI argument (backup schema only). - Optional query argument
rbac
works the same as the--rbac
CLI argument (backup RBAC). - Optional query argument
configs
works the same as the--configs
CLI argument (backup configs). - Optional query argument
callback
allow pass callback URL which will call with POST withapplication/json
with payload{"status":"error|success","error":"not empty when error happens"}
. - Additional example:
curl -s 'localhost:7171/backup/create?table=default.billing&name=billing_test' -X POST
Note: this operation is asynchronous, so the API will return once the operation has started.
POST /backup/watch
Run background watch process and create full+incremental backups sequence: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/watch -X POST | jq .
You can't run watch twice with the same parameters even when allow_parallel: true
- Optional query argument
watch_interval
works the same as the--watch-interval value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
full_interval
works the same as the--full-interval value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
watch_backup_name_template
works the same as the--watch-backup-name-template value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
table
works the same as the--table value
CLI argument (backup only selected tables). - Optional query argument
partitions
works the same as the--partitions value
CLI argument (backup only selected partitions). - Optional query argument
schema
works the same as the--schema
CLI argument (backup schema only). - Optional query argument
rbac
works the same as the--rbac
CLI argument (backup RBAC). - Optional query argument
configs
works the same as the--configs
CLI argument (backup configs). - Additional example:
curl -s 'localhost:7171/backup/watch?table=default.billing&watch_interval=1h&full_interval=24h' -X POST
Note: this operation is asynchronous and can only be stopped with kill -s SIGHUP $(pgrep -f clickhouse-backup)
or call /restart
, /backup/kill
. The API will return immediately once the operation has started.
POST /backup/clean
Clean the shadow
folders using all available paths from system.disks
POST /backup/clean/remote_broken
Remove Note: this operation is sync, and could take a lot of time, increase http timeouts during call
POST /backup/upload
Upload backup to remote storage: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/upload/<BACKUP_NAME> -X POST | jq .
- Optional query argument
diff-from
works the same as the--diff-from
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
diff-from-remote
works the same as the--diff-from-remote
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
table
works the same as the--table value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
partitions
works the same as the--partitions value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
schema
works the same as the--schema
CLI argument (upload schema only). - Optional query argument
resumable
works the same as the--resumable
CLI argument (save intermediate upload state and resume upload if data already exists on remote storage). - Optional query argument
callback
allow pass callback URL which will call with POST withapplication/json
with payload{"status":"error|success","error":"not empty when error happens"}
.
Note: this operation is asynchronous, so the API will return once the operation has started.
GET /backup/list/{where}
Print a list of backups: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/list | jq .
Print a list of only local backups: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/list/local | jq .
Print a list of only remote backups: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/list/remote | jq .
Note: The Size
field will not be set for the local backups that have just been created or are in progress.
Note: The Size
field will not be set for the remote backups with upload status in progress.
POST /backup/download
Download backup from remote storage: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/download/<BACKUP_NAME> -X POST | jq .
- Optional query argument
table
works the same as the--table value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
partitions
works the same as the--partitions value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
schema
works the same as the--schema
CLI argument (download schema only). - Optional query argument
resumable
works the same as the--resumable
CLI argument (save intermediate download state and resume download if it already exists on local storage). - Optional query argument
callback
allow pass callback URL which will call with POST withapplication/json
with payload{"status":"error|success","error":"not empty when error happens"}
.
Note: this operation is asynchronous, so the API will return once the operation has started.
POST /backup/restore
Create schema and restore data from backup: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/restore/<BACKUP_NAME> -X POST | jq .
- Optional query argument
table
works the same as the--table value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
partitions
works the same as the--partitions value
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
schema
works the same as the--schema
CLI argument (restore schema only). - Optional query argument
data
works the same as the--data
CLI argument (restore data only). - Optional query argument
rm
works the same as the--rm
CLI argument (drop tables before restore). - Optional query argument
ignore_dependencies
works the as same the--ignore-dependencies
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
rbac
works the same as the--rbac
CLI argument (restore RBAC). - Optional query argument
configs
works the same as the--configs
CLI argument (restore configs). - Optional query argument
restore_database_mapping
works the same as the--restore-database-mapping
CLI argument. - Optional query argument
callback
allow pass callback URL which will call with POST withapplication/json
with payload{"status":"error|success","error":"not empty when error happens"}
.
POST /backup/delete
Delete specific remote backup: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/delete/remote/<BACKUP_NAME> -X POST | jq .
Delete specific local backup: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/delete/local/<BACKUP_NAME> -X POST | jq .
GET /backup/status
Display list of currently running asynchronous operations: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/status | jq .
POST /backup/actions
Execute multiple backup actions: curl -X POST -d '{"command":"create test_backup"}' -s localhost:7171/backup/actions
GET /backup/actions
Display a list of all operations from start of API server: curl -s localhost:7171/backup/actions | jq .
- Optional query argument
filter
to filter actions on server side. - Optional query argument
last
to show only the lastN
actions.
In order to make backups to S3, the following permissions should be set:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "clickhouse-backup-s3-access-to-files",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:PutObject",
"s3:GetObject",
"s3:DeleteObject"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKET_NAME/*"
},
{
"Sid": "clickhouse-backup-s3-access-to-bucket",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:ListBucket",
"s3:GetBucketVersioning"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKET_NAME"
}
]
}
#!/bin/bash
BACKUP_NAME=my_backup_$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S)
clickhouse-backup create $BACKUP_NAME >> /var/log/clickhouse-backup.log 2>&1
exit_code=$?
if [[ $exit_code != 0 ]]; then
echo "clickhouse-backup create $BACKUP_NAME FAILED and return $exit_code exit code"
exit $exit_code
fi
clickhouse-backup upload $BACKUP_NAME >> /var/log/clickhouse-backup.log 2>&1
exit_code=$?
if [[ $exit_code != 0 ]]; then
echo "clickhouse-backup upload $BACKUP_NAME FAILED and return $exit_code exit code"
exit $exit_code
fi
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Altinity wants to thank @AlexAkulov for creating this tool and for his valuable contributions.