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+#!/bin/bash
+# Backup script for Vaultwarden in a kubernetes cluster
+
+BACKUP_DEST="/mnt/PRIVATE_DOCS/BACKUPS/vaultwarden"
+PASSFILE=./vaultwarden_pass.txt
+
+# Retrieve container names
+base_container=$( docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep vaultwarden_vaultwarden )
+database_container=$( docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep vaultwarden-postgresql_vaultwarden-postgresql )
+
+# Abort entire script if any command fails
+set -e
+
+# Database backup
+>&2 echo "Backing up database"
+docker exec --env-file "${PASSFILE}" "${database_container}" pg_dump "vaultwarden" -cwv -h "localhost" -U "vaultwarden" -f /tmp/vaultwarden-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
+docker cp "${database_container}":/tmp/vaultwarden-sqlbkp_$(date +"%Y%m%d").bak "${BACKUP_DEST}"
+
+# Files backup
+files=("attachments" "sends" "config.json" "rsa_key.pem" "rsa_key.pub.pem")
+for file in "${files[@]}"; do
+	>&2 echo "Copying ${file}"
+	docker cp -a "${base_container}":"/data/${file}" "${BACKUP_DEST}"
+done
+
+>&2 echo "Done"