library/roles/postgresql: Give the possibility to disable the postgresql backups. Create the list of dbs that need a backup automatically, if one is not provided.

postgresql/defaults/main.yml

@@ -45,18 +45,20 @@ psql_db_user: db_user
 psql_db_pwd: "We cannot save the password into the repository. Use another variable and change pgpass.j2 accordingly. Encrypt the file that contains the variable with ansible-vault"
 
 
-
 postgres_install_gis_extensions: False
 postgres_gis_version: 2.1
 postgres_gis_pkgs:
   - postgresql-'{{ psql_version }}'-postgis-'{{ postgres_gis_version }}'
 
+
+pg_backup_enabled: True
 pg_backup_logdir: /var/log/postgresql
 pg_backup_bin: /usr/local/sbin/postgresql-backup
 pg_backup_pgdump_bin: /usr/bin/pg_dump
 pg_backup_retain_copies: 15
 pg_backup_build_db_list: "no"
-pg_backup_db_list: '{{ psql_db_name}}'
+# Dynamically created from psql_db_data if pg_backup_db_list is not set
+#pg_backup_db_list: '{{ psql_db_name}}'
 pg_backup_destdir: /var/lib/pgsql/backups
 pg_backup_logdir: /var/log/postgresql
 pg_backup_logfile: '{{ pg_backup_logdir }}/postgresql-backup.log'

postgresql/files/postgresql-backup.cron

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 if [  -f /etc/default/pg_backup ] ; then
     . /etc/default/pg_backup
 else
+    PG_BACKUP_ENABLED=True
     PG_SERVICE=postgresql
     USE_NAGIOS=no
     LOG_DIR=/var/log/postgresql
@@ -14,16 +15,20 @@ export PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"
 PG_SVC=$( service $PG_SERVICE status >/dev/null )
 PG_RUNNING=$?
 
+if [ '$PG_BACKUP_ENABLED' == 'True' ] ; then
+    if [ "$PG_RUNNING" -ne "0" -a "$PG_RUNNING" -ne "3" ] ; then
+        echo "The postgresql service is not running" > $LOG_FILE
+        exit 1
+    else
         if [  ! -d $LOG_DIR  ] ; then
             mkdir -p $LOG_DIR
         fi
-
-if [ "$PG_RUNNING" -ne "0" -a "$PG_RUNNING" -ne "3" ] ; then
-    echo "postgresql not running" > $LOG_FILE
-    exit 1
-else
         $PG_BCK_BIN > $LOG_FILE 2>&1
     fi
+else
+    echo "Postgresql backups administratively disabled" > $LOG_FILE
+fi
+    
 if [ "${USE_NAGIOS}" == "yes" ] ; then
     N_LOGDIR=/var/log/nagios-checks
     if [  ! -d $N_LOGDIR  ] ; then

postgresql/templates/pg_backup-default.j2

@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 PG_SERVICE=postgresql
+PG_BACKUP_ENABLED={{ pg_backup_enabled }}
 PG_VERSION={{ psql_version }}
 PG_DUMP_BIN={{ pg_backup_pgdump_bin }}
 PG_BCK_BIN={{ pg_backup_bin }}
+{% if pg_backup_enabled }}
 USE_NAGIOS={{ pg_backup_use_nagios }}
+{% else %}
+USE_NAGIOS=no
+{% endif %}
 LOG_DIR={{ pg_backup_logdir }}
 LOG_FILE={{ pg_backup_logfile}}
 N_DAYS_TO_SPARE={{ pg_backup_retain_copies }}
 BUILD_DBLIST={{ pg_backup_build_db_list }}
+{% if pg_backup_db_list is defined %}
 DB_LIST="{{ pg_backup_db_list }}"
+{% else %}
+DB_LIST="{% for db in psql_db_data %}{{ db.name }} {% endfor %}"
+{% endif %}
 PG_USE_AUTH={{ pg_backup_use_auth }}
 PG_PASS_FILE={{ pg_backup_pass_file }}
 BACKUPDIR={{ pg_backup_destdir }}