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Improve security of DB dump script #453

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Improve security of DB dump script
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CodeReview: Exclude data from apps_application
kofrezo Jul 3, 2026
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19 changes: 15 additions & 4 deletions dump.sh
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#!/bin/bash -e

psql -h localhost -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d postgres -c "drop database if exists $POSTGRES_DB;"
psql -h localhost -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d postgres -c "create database $POSTGRES_DB;"
export PGPASSWORD="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD"

sql() {
psql -h localhost -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d $1 -c "$2"
}

sql postgres "drop database if exists $POSTGRES_DB;"
sql postgres "create database $POSTGRES_DB;"

# We exclude some tables:
#
# - 'serverdb_*' because it is huge and usually not needed locally
# - 'apps_application' because it contains access tokens for production
ssh "$REMOTE_DB" \
"pg_dump -O -x --exclude-table-data='serverdb_*' -d serveradmin | gzip -9 -c " \
"pg_dump -O -x --exclude-table-data='serverdb_*' --exclude-table-data='apps_application' -d serveradmin | gzip -9 -c " \
| gunzip -c \
| psql -h localhost -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB"
| psql -h localhost -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB"
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