--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scripts/remote-backup.sh	Tue Dec 11 16:17:25 2018 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Executes a database backup for the specified database container.
+# The current directory is expected to contain a project configured
+# as with SSDT conventions for an application database.
+#
+# When successful, the output file will be in ./backup with the
+# container name and timestamp in the file.
+# The file will also be placed on the specified remote target
+# The format of the output is a compressed pg_dump (sql) format.
+# along with the top level contents of the project directory
+# Environment variables can be used for REMOTE_BACKUP_TARGET and REMOTE_USERNAME
+#
+
+
+container=${1?Must provide container name to backup}
+remoteTarget=${2:-$REMOTE_BACKUP_TARGET}
+userName=${3:-$REMOTE_USERNAME}
+projectDir=${4:-$PWD}
+
+
+cd $projectDir
+
+source "${SSDT_SCRIPTS:-$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")}/.functions.sh"
+
+set -o pipefail
+mkdir -p ./backup
+
+project=$(composeGetProject)
+
+echo "Project is $project"
+echo "Container is $container"
+echo "Remote target is $remoteTarget"
+echo "Username is $userName"
+
+backupFile=./backup/${project}-${container}.$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S).backup
+backupFile2=./backup/${project}-${container}.$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S).directorycontents.tar.gz
+
+
+if [ "$project" == "" ]; then
+   echo "no project available"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "starting backup of $container for $project"
+docker-compose exec -T $container sh -c "gosu postgres pg_dump -Cc --if-exists --dbname=$container ; (exit $?) " > ${backupFile}
+
+if [[ $( grep --count "CREATE TABLE" ${backupFile} ) -lt 200 || $( grep --count "PostgreSQL database dump complete" ${backupFile} ) -eq 0 ]]; then
+   echo "ERROR: backup verification FAILED"
+   echo "ERROR:  $(tail ${backupFile})"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+gzip ${backupFile}
+
+echo "completed backup of $container for $project to ${backupFile}"
+
+#backup of all files in current directory
+tar -czf ${backupFile2} . --exclude=./backup
+
+echo "completed backup of all files for $project to ${backupFile2}"
+
+
+#
+#
+scp ${backupFile}.gz  ${backupFile2} $userName@$remoteTarget
+
+echo " "
+
+echo "completed sending ${backupFile}.gz and ${backupFile2} to ${remoteTarget} as user $userName"
+
+