Couchbase

Backup and Restore Couchbase Files to IDrive^® e2

Couchbase is an open source, NoSQL distributed document database (JSON) with features of a relational DBMS: SQL, distributed ACID transactions, and more. Backup your Couchbase Server to IDrive^® e2 hot cloud storage and restore your archives from IDrive^® e2 to the Couchbase server.

Prerequisites

Before uploading or restoring files using IDrive^® e2, you require:

1. An active IDrive^® e2 account. Sign up here if you do not have one.
2. A bucket in IDrive^® e2. See how to create a bucket.
3. Valid Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Learn how to create an access key.

Set up a daily backup to IDrive^® e2 using the Couchbase Server web interface

1. Login to the Couchbase Server Dashboard.
2. Go to the 'Backup' tab and click 'ADD REPOSITORY'.
   
3. In the 'Select Plan' popup, select '_daily_backups' and click 'Next'.
   
4. In the 'Create Repository' popup enter the following information:
   1. ID - Enter a name for the repository that will be created in IDrive^® e2 storage.
   2. Bucket - Select a particular bucket or all buckets in the Couchbase database for backup.
      
   3. Storage Locations - Select 'Cloud' as the location to save the backup.
      
   4. Staging Directory - Enter '/tmp/cb'.
   5. Provider - Select 'AWS' as the provider.
   6. Cloud Bucket - Enter the IDrive^® e2 bucket name where you want to store the data.
   7. Path Prefix - Enter a prefix of your choice. A folder will be created with this name in the cloud bucket and the backups will be stored in the folder.
   8. Cloud Auth Type - Select authentication type as 'ID and key (0)'.
   9. Credential ID - Enter the Access Key ID from IDrive^® e2.
   10. Credential Key - Enter the Secret Access key from IDrive^® e2.
   11. Region - Enter NA.
   12. Advanced cloud options > Endpoint - Enter the region endpoint URL from IDrive^® e2
5. Click 'Add'. A daily backup job is now created.
6. Click on the backup job and click 'Run Backup' to start the backup.
   
7. Click 'Backup' in the 'Trigger Backup' popup.
8. Once the backup is complete you can click on the backup job and view 'Task History' or 'Inspect Backups'.

Restore an archive from IDrive^® e2 bucket using the Couchbase Server web interface

1. Click on the required backup job and click 'Restore'.
   
2. In the 'Restore Backups' popup, enter the following information:
   1. Cluster - Enter IP as the address of the cluster to restore the data. This is the target Couchbase server for restore.
   2. Auth Type - Select 'Plain'.
   3. User - Enter 'administrator'.
   4. Password - Enter a password to use in this restore.
   5. Start - Select the first backup to restore.
   6. End - Select the last backup to restore.
      
3. Click 'Restore Backups'.

Backup using Couchbase Command Line Tools

1. Before performing a backup, download and extract the Couchbase command line tools from here.
2. Navigate to the bin directory.
3. Configure the IDrive^® e2 bucket for Couchbase backup using the following command:

   ./cbbackupmgr config -a s3://bucket-for-cb/backup -r sales
   --obj-staging-dir /tmp/cb --obj-region na --obj-endpoint
   p3c2.fra.idrivee2-16.com --obj-access-key-id 0ku1A10Ik3zAKIFJNs14
   --obj-secret-access-key 5RwfOqZR8VQbpg1pJigBpY7PozozFHgqLPd1I397

4. Run the following command to backup to IDrive^® e2 bucket:

   ./cbbackupmgr backup -a s3://bucket-for-cb/backup -r sales
   --obj-staging-dir /tmp/cb --obj-region na --obj-endpoint
   p3c2.fra.idrivee2-16.com --obj-access-key-id 0ku1A10Ik3zAKIFJNs14 
   --obj-secret-access-key 5RwfOqZR8VQbpg1pJigBpY7PozozFHgqLPd1I397 -c
   216.107.26.42 -u administrator -p 123456 --no-ssl-verify

Restore from IDrive^® e2 using Couchbase Command Line Tools

To restore an archive from IDrive^® e2, run the following command:

./cbbackupmgr restore -a s3://bucket-for-cb/backup -r sales
--obj-staging-dir /tmp/cb --obj-region na --obj-endpoint
p3c2.fra.idrivee2-16.com --obj-access-key-id 0ku1A10Ik3zAKIFJNs14
--obj-secret-access-key 5RwfOqZR8VQbpg1pJigBpY7PozozFHgqLPd1I397 -c
216.107.26.42 -u administrator -p 123456 --no-ssl-verify