Re: Postgresql Backup Encryption

From: Paul Förster <paul(dot)foerster(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Brajendra Pratap Singh <bpsinghjobs(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgresql Backup Encryption
Date: 2020-07-10 07:52:55
Message-ID: 9EFBC65C-D90E-4FD3-8600-EAC5E066BB10@gmail.com
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Hi Singh,

> On 10. Jul, 2020, at 07:29, Brajendra Pratap Singh <bpsinghjobs(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Please let me know the way to encrypt/decrypt the postgresql backup uaing pg_dump and pgbackrest.
>
> Also let me know the other good possibility if any.
>
> Thanks,
> Singh

don't use the -f option with pg_dump and simply pipe the output through your favorite encryption tool. Or use -f option and after pg_dump finishes, encrypt the resulting dump file. These are the two options you have. There is no direct command line option to encrypt pg_dump's output.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html

Cheers,
Paul

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