Item 2 — nightly pg_dump backup script + runbook (Supabase free tier has none)

scripts/backup-db.sh: nightly full-DB pg_dump via the direct connection string,
14-day local rotation, weekly off-box rsync copy, ntfy alert on any failure +
an undersized-dump guard (an empty dump is a silent failure). docs/BACKUP-
RUNBOOK.md: the ONE env var Kev must set (SUPABASE_DB_URL — the direct
db.<ref>.supabase.co:5432 URI, not the pooler), the cron line, the off-box
target (Hetzner Storage Box via rsync, simplest for a Hetzner box), and the
restore FINGERPRINT procedure (pg_restore into a scratch DB + count
ledger_entries — proves it's a real, restorable backup).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# VYNDR Backup Runbook (security follow-up item 2)
Supabase free tier has **zero** backups (no scheduled, no PITR). `scripts/backup-db.sh`
is the safety net: a nightly full-database `pg_dump`, 14 days kept locally, a
weekly copy pushed off-box, ntfy alert on any failure.
## What Kev needs to set (one env var)
**`SUPABASE_DB_URL`** — the Supabase **direct** connection string (session mode).
Supabase → Project → Settings → Database → **Connection string → URI**, the
`db.<ref>.supabase.co:5432` one (NOT the `:6543` transaction pooler — `pg_dump`
needs a real session). Paste it in Coolify as an env var; never commit it.
Optional: `BACKUP_REMOTE` (off-box rsync target for the weekly copy — see below).
## Install the cron (on the Hetzner box)
```bash
# 1. Ensure the client is present
sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-client rsync
# 2. Nightly at 03:10 UTC. Pass the env the script needs (or source an env file).
sudo crontab -e
# add:
10 3 * * * SUPABASE_DB_URL='postgresql://...' BACKUP_REMOTE='u123456@u123456.your-storagebox.de:vyndr-backups/' /path/to/vyndr/scripts/backup-db.sh >> /var/log/vyndr-backup.log 2>&1
```
(If the cron runs inside the Coolify container instead, the env vars are already
present — just schedule `scripts/backup-db.sh`.)
## Off-box target (simplest reliable pick)
**Hetzner Storage Box** over `rsync`/SSH — you're already on Hetzner, it's ~€3/mo
for 1TB, and needs no extra tooling. Create one, add the box's SSH key to it, set
`BACKUP_REMOTE=u<id>@u<id>.your-storagebox.de:vyndr-backups/`. The script pushes
the latest dump every Sunday. (Alternative: Backblaze B2 via `rclone` if you'd
rather keep it off Hetzner entirely — swap the `rsync` line for `rclone copy`.)
## Restore / FINGERPRINT (proves it's a real backup, not just a file)
A dump only counts once a restore of it succeeds. Load one into a scratch DB:
```bash
# spin a throwaway local postgres, restore the newest dump, count a known table
docker run -d --name vyndr-restore-test -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=x -p 55432:5432 postgres:15
sleep 5
newest=$(ls -t /var/backups/vyndr/vyndr-*.dump | head -1)
pg_restore --no-owner --no-privileges -d "postgresql://postgres:x@localhost:55432/postgres" "$newest"
psql "postgresql://postgres:x@localhost:55432/postgres" -c "select count(*) from public.ledger_entries;"
docker rm -f vyndr-restore-test
```
A non-zero `ledger_entries` count from the restored dump = the backup is real and
restorable. Record the date + row count as the fingerprint.
## Alerting
Any hard failure (missing env, `pg_dump` error, empty/undersized dump) pages
`ntfy` topic `vyndr-backups-kev2026` at urgent priority. The weekly off-box push
failing (or `BACKUP_REMOTE` unset) pages at high priority but does not fail the
run — the local dump still succeeded. Subscribe the phone to that topic.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# VYNDR nightly database backup (security follow-up item 2).
#
# Supabase free tier has ZERO backups (no scheduled, no PITR) — the ledger and
# everything else have no safety net. This dumps the WHOLE database nightly via
# the direct connection string, keeps 14 days locally, pushes a weekly copy
# off-box, and pages ntfy on ANY failure. Runs on the Hetzner box via cron.
#
# REQUIRED env (set on the box / in the container that runs the cron):
# SUPABASE_DB_URL the Supabase DIRECT connection string (session mode, the
# db.<ref>.supabase.co:5432 URL — NOT the :6543 pooler;
# pg_dump needs a real session). Kev pastes this in Coolify.
# OPTIONAL env:
# BACKUP_DIR local dump dir (default /var/backups/vyndr)
# BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS local retention (default 14)
# BACKUP_REMOTE off-box rsync target for the weekly copy, e.g.
# u123456@u123456.your-storagebox.de:vyndr-backups/
# (empty = skip the off-box push; a WARN is paged)
# NTFY_URL (default https://ntfy.sh)
# NTFY_TOPIC (default vyndr-backups-kev2026)
#
set -Eeuo pipefail
BACKUP_DIR="${BACKUP_DIR:-/var/backups/vyndr}"
KEEP_DAYS="${BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS:-14}"
NTFY_URL="${NTFY_URL:-https://ntfy.sh}"
NTFY_TOPIC="${NTFY_TOPIC:-vyndr-backups-kev2026}"
STAMP="$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
DUMP="${BACKUP_DIR}/vyndr-${STAMP}.dump"
MIN_BYTES="${BACKUP_MIN_BYTES:-50000}" # a real dump of this DB is far bigger; guards an empty/failed dump
notify() { # notify <title> <priority> <message>
curl -fsS --max-time 15 \
-H "Title: ${1}" -H "Priority: ${2}" -H "Tags: floppy_disk" \
-d "${3}" "${NTFY_URL}/${NTFY_TOPIC}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
}
fail() { notify "VYNDR backup FAILED" "urgent" "${1}"; echo "ERROR: ${1}" >&2; exit 1; }
trap 'fail "backup script errored near line ${LINENO}"' ERR
[ -n "${SUPABASE_DB_URL:-}" ] || fail "SUPABASE_DB_URL is not set — cannot back up"
command -v pg_dump >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "pg_dump not installed (apt-get install postgresql-client)"
mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}"
# 1. Dump the whole DB in custom format (-Fc: compressed, restorable with pg_restore).
pg_dump "${SUPABASE_DB_URL}" -Fc --no-owner --no-privileges -f "${DUMP}" \
|| fail "pg_dump failed"
# 2. Sanity: a real dump is not tiny. An empty/near-empty file is a silent failure.
SIZE="$(stat -c%s "${DUMP}" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
[ "${SIZE}" -ge "${MIN_BYTES}" ] || fail "dump is only ${SIZE} bytes (< ${MIN_BYTES}) — treating as a failed backup"
# 3. Rotate: drop local dumps older than KEEP_DAYS.
find "${BACKUP_DIR}" -name 'vyndr-*.dump' -type f -mtime "+${KEEP_DAYS}" -delete || true
# 4. Weekly off-box copy (Sundays). A single failure of the off-box push is a
# WARN, not a hard failure — the local dump still succeeded.
if [ "$(date -u +%u)" = "7" ]; then
if [ -n "${BACKUP_REMOTE:-}" ]; then
if rsync -az --timeout=120 "${DUMP}" "${BACKUP_REMOTE}"; then
notify "VYNDR backup OK (+off-box)" "default" "Nightly dump ${STAMP} (${SIZE} bytes) + weekly off-box copy pushed."
else
notify "VYNDR off-box push FAILED" "high" "Local dump ${STAMP} is fine (${SIZE} bytes) but the weekly off-box rsync failed."
fi
else
notify "VYNDR off-box push SKIPPED" "high" "Local dump ${STAMP} OK but BACKUP_REMOTE is unset — no off-box copy this week."
fi
else
echo "backup ok: ${DUMP} (${SIZE} bytes)"
fi
exit 0