4 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 0ac0220..d6a52e2 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ load "config/recipes/nodejs"
 load "config/recipes/rbenv"
 load "config/recipes/newrelic"
 load "config/recipes/monit"
+# general tasks
+load "config/recipes/utility"
 
 set :application, "parley"
 set :user, "deployer"
@@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ after "deploy", "deploy:cleanup" # keep only the last 5 releases
 # cap deploy:setup
 # cap deploy:cold
 # cap nginx:start # this may be necessary if it didn't start up properly before
+
diff --git a/config/recipes/postgresql.rb b/config/recipes/postgresql.rb
index 63fa23b..8788c4b 100644
--- a/config/recipes/postgresql.rb
+++ b/config/recipes/postgresql.rb
@@ -32,4 +32,15 @@ namespace :postgresql do
     run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml"
   end
   after "deploy:finalize_update", "postgresql:symlink"
+
+  desc "Backup the database and copy it locally"
+  task :backup, roles: :db, only: {primary: true} do
+    filename = "#{rails_env}-#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M')}.dump"
+    backup_path = "#{shared_path}/backups"
+    run "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/backups"
+
+    run "PGPASSWORD='#{postgresql_password}' pg_dump -Fc --no-acl --no-owner -h #{postgresql_host} -U #{postgresql_user} #{postgresql_database} > #{backup_path}/#{filename}"
+    download("#{backup_path}/#{filename}", "tmp/#{filename}", :via => :scp)
+    run_locally "cd tmp; rm database.dump; ln -s #{filename} database.dump"
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/recipes/utility.rb b/config/recipes/utility.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d71371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/recipes/utility.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+desc "tail the logs on an app server (cap qa logs)"
+task :logs, roles: :app do
+  stream "tail -f #{shared_path}/log/#{rails_env}.log"
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38fb2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require "yaml"
+
+namespace :db do
+  desc 'backup database (rake db:backup["prod"])'
+  task :backup, :env do |key, value|
+    environment = value[:env] || 'qa'
+    sh "cap #{environment} postgresql:backup"
+  end
+
+  desc 'restore database to local'
+  task :restore, :env do |key, value|
+    environment = value[:env] || 'development'
+    all_configuration = YAML.load_file(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../config/database.yml' ))
+    config = all_configuration[environment]
+    sh "pg_restore --verbose --clean --no-acl --no-owner -h #{config["host"]} -U #{config["username"]} -d #{config["database"]} tmp/database.dump"
+  end
+end