Backup & Restore PostgreSQL database and setup localhost environment with laravel in windows 7

Question

1) open C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\12\data\pg_hba.conf

change: host all all::1/128 md5

to

host all all::1/128 trust

2)open pgAdmin & create a localhost server with username postgres and password will empty

/* For taking a backup or restore a dump of existing database name */

open cmd line and go to C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\12\bin and press enter

and type below command as required

Take Backup: pg_dump.exe -U postgres -d dbname -f D:\Backup\

 or direct take backup using pgAdmin backup option and store in D:\Backup\<backup-file-name>  

hint: backup file should be tar or dump type

Restore Backup: pg_restore -U postgres -d dbname -1 D:\Backup\

3) In laravel code folder open.env file and add DB_SSLMODE=disable

4) in laravel code folder open config/database.php and for 'pgsql' array

 replace

     'sslmode'=> 'require', 

 to    
    'sslmode' => env('DB_SSLMODE','require'),

Answer 1

How to Backup PostgreSql DB In Laravel

1. install laravel package using composer.

   composer require spatie/laravel-backup

2. insert the following line to your backup controller.

   use Spatie\DbDumper\Databases\PostgreSql;

3. write the following code in your backup controller.

    date_default_timezone_set('EST'); try { $this->info('The backup has been started'); $backup_name = 'backup-'. date('c'). '.sql'; $backup_path = 'app/backups/'. $backup_name; PostgreSql::create() ->setDbName(env('DB_DATABASE')) ->setUserName(env('DB_USERNAME')) ->setPassword(env('DB_PASSWORD')) ->dumpToFile($backup_path); $this->info('The backup has been proceed successfully.'); } catch (ProcessFailedException $exception) { logger()->error('Backup exception', compact('exception')); $this->error('The backup process has been failed.'); }