Arangobackup Options

Usage: arangobackup <operation> [<options>]

The --operation option can be passed as positional argument to specify the desired action.

General

Name Type Description
abort boolean Enterprise Edition only
Abort transfer with given status-id (upload/download operation)
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
allow-inconsistent boolean Whether to attempt to continue in face of errors; may result in inconsistent backup state (create operation)
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
check-configuration boolean Check the configuration and exit
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
config string The configuration file or ‘none’
Default: ""
configuration string The configuration file or ‘none’
Default: ""
define string… Define key=value for a @key@ entry in config file
Default: []
dump-dependencies boolean Dump dependency graph
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
dump-options boolean Dump configuration options in JSON format
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
force boolean Enterprise Edition only
Abort transactions if needed to ensure a consistent snapshot. This option can destroy the atomicity of your transactions in the presence of intermediate commits! Use it with great care and only if you really need a consistent backup at all costs (create operation)
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
identifier string A unique identifier for a backup (restore/upload/download operation)
Default: ""
ignore-version boolean Ignore stored version of a backup. Restore may not work if versions mismatch (restore operation)
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
label string An additional label to add to the backup identifier (create operation)
Default: ""
log string… The global or topic-specific log level
Default: ["info"]
Deprecated in: v3.5.0
max-wait-for-lock double Maximum time to wait in seconds to acquire a lock on all necessary resources (create operation)
Default: 60
max-wait-for-restart double Maximum time to wait in seconds for the server to restart after a restore operation before reporting an error; if zero, arangobackup will not wait to check that the server restarts and will simply return the result of the restore request (restore operation)
Default: 0
operation string Operation to perform (may be specified as positional argument without ‘--operation’)
Default: "list"
Possible values: “create”, “delete”, “download”, “list”, “restore”, “upload”
rclone-config-file string Enterprise Edition only
Filename of the Rclone configuration file used forfile transfer (upload/download operation)
Default: ""
remote-path string Enterprise Edition only
Remote Rclone path of directory used to store or receive backups (upload/download operation)
Default: ""
status-id string Enterprise Edition only
Returns the status of a transfer process (upload/download operation)
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
version boolean Reports the version and exits
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
version-json boolean Reports the version as JSON and exits
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
Introduced in: v3.9.0

Log

Name Type Description
log.color boolean Use colors for TTY logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: dynamic (e.g. true)
log.escape-control-chars boolean Escape control characters when logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.9.0
log.escape-unicode-chars boolean Escape unicode characters when logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Introduced in: v3.9.0
log.file string Shortcut for ‘--log.output file://'
Default: "-"
log.file-group string Group to use for new log file, user must be a member of this group
Default: ""
Introduced in: v3.4.5
log.file-mode string Mode to use for new log file, umask will be applied as well
Default: ""
Introduced in: v3.4.5
log.force-direct boolean Do not start a seperate thread for logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.foreground-tty boolean Also log to tty if backgrounded
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: dynamic (e.g. false)
log.hostname string Hostname to use in log message (empty for none, use ‘auto’ to automatically figure out hostname)
Default: ""
Introduced in: v3.8.0
log.ids boolean Log unique message ids
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.5.0
log.level string… The global or topic-specific log level
Default: ["info"]
log.line-number boolean Include the function name, file name and line number of the source code that issues the log message. Format: [func@FileName.cpp:123]
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.max-entry-length uint32 Maximum length of a log entry (in bytes)
Default: 134217728
Introduced in: v3.7.9
log.output string… Log destination(s), e.g. file:///path/to/file (any ‘$PID’ will be replaced with the process id)
Default: []
log.performance boolean Shortcut for ‘--log.level performance=trace’
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Deprecated in: v3.5.0
log.prefix string Prefix log message with this string
Default: ""
log.process boolean Show process identifier (pid) in log message
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.8.0
log.request-parameters boolean Include full URLs and HTTP request parameters in trace logs
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
log.role boolean Log server role
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.shorten-filenames boolean Shorten filenames in log output (use with --log.line-number)
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
log.thread boolean Show thread identifier in log message
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.thread-name boolean Show thread name in log message
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.time-format string Time format to use in logs
Default: "utc-datestring"
Possible values: “local-datestring”, “timestamp”, “timestamp-micros”, “timestamp-millis”, “uptime”, “uptime-micros”, “uptime-millis”, “utc-datestring”, “utc-datestring-millis”
Introduced in: v3.5.0
log.use-json-format boolean Use json output format
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Introduced in: v3.8.0
log.use-local-time boolean Use local timezone instead of UTC
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Deprecated in: v3.5.0
log.use-microtime boolean Use microtime instead
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Deprecated in: v3.5.0

Random

Name Type Description
random.generator uint32 Random number generator to use (1 = MERSENNE, 2 = RANDOM, 3 = URANDOM, 4 = COMBINED (not for Windows), 5 = WinCrypt (Windows only)
Default: 1
Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4

Server

Name Type Description
server.authentication boolean Require authentication credentials when connecting (does not affect the server-side authentication settings)
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
server.connection-timeout double Connection timeout in seconds
Default: 5
server.database string Database name to use when connecting
Default: "_system"
server.endpoint string… Endpoint to connect to. Use ‘none’ to start without a server. Use http+ssl:// as schema to connect to an SSL-secured server endpoint, otherwise http+tcp:// or unix://
Default: ["http+tcp://127.0.0.1:8529"]
server.max-packet-size uint64 Maximum packet size (in bytes) for client/server communication
Default: 1073741824
server.password string Password to use when connecting. If not specified and authentication is required, the user will be prompted for a password
Default: ""
server.request-timeout double Request timeout in seconds
Default: 1200
server.username string Username to use when connecting
Default: "root"

SSL

Name Type Description
ssl.protocol uint64 Ssl protocol (1 = SSLv2 (unsupported), 2 = SSLv2 or SSLv3 (negotiated), 3 = SSLv3, 4 = TLSv1, 5 = TLSv1.2, 6 = TLSv1.3, 9 = generic TLS)
Default: 5
Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9