That's correct. I use this functionality to automate the process of backing up my database to S3. Eventually, I'd like to roll in Jesse's work on the gist into the backup plugin so that I am only throwing the db dump onto S3, rather than the code/dump bundle.
- Matt Buck On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Mike <mikel...@gmail.com> wrote: > What exactly can you do with the bundle after you've backed it up? As > far as I can tell, and Heroku support told me the same thing, there's > no way to directly use your bundle on Heroku again once you've taken > it off. > > On Mar 23, 4:01 pm, Matt Buck <mattb...@capitalthought.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the shout-out, Jesse. I actually recently pluginized the code > > from that bundle backup gist, so anyone can have access to that > > functionality with a simple: > > > > heroku plugins:install backup > > > > (The above command will only work if you have > > herocutter<http://herocutter.heroku.com>installed - which you > > definitely should.) > > > > That gives you access to the following command: > > > > heroku backup > > > > This will destroy the most recent bundle, capture a new one, download it, > > and then push it up to S3. If you're already using paperclip in a Rails > > project, this should work for you out of the box. > > > > - Matt Buck > > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Terence Lee <hon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Like people have said. Taps doesn't support foreign keys, so if you > > > aren't pulling/pushing then you'll have foreign key support. Use the > > > bundle and get the code dump and postgresql dump. Also, you can open > a > > > support ticket to get a pgdump as well. The only thing really missing > > > is push support with foreign keys. > > > > > The target audience is hosting any ruby application where you don't > want > > > to manage your own infrastructure. > > > > > Terence > > > > > On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 03:41 -0700, Alex wrote: > > > > I mirror both of those points, proper dumps to S3 are stopping me > > > > putting 2 sites on Heroku at the moment. > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > On Mar 23, 6:16 am, Chris <r3ap3r2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I just did a heroku db:pull and was VERY bummed to find that all my > > > > > foreign key constraints were lost. Luckily I haven't launched the > > > > > site yet. Referential data integrity is a major concern, and > > > > > obviously my foreign keys are not being implemented on the heroku > > > > > database. > > > > > > > Question: > > > > > What is the recommended way for dealing with foreign key > constraints > > > > > in Heroku if they get lost doing a db:push? > > > > > > > Side Note: The database interaction is currently the #1 issue why > I'm > > > > > considering NOT using Heroku. I can deal with the read only > > > > > filesystem, but what's the point in using Postgresql if you aren't > > > > > going to preserve foreign key constraints? For the little user > blog > > > > > it probably doesn't matter much, but for any of us that are > > > > > considering spending a bunch of money on dynos and dedicated > databases > > > > > this is a major shortcoming. > > > > > > > Features that I would consider a must for any realistic business > site: > > > > > 1) The ability to TRULY dump the database. (pg_dump) Preferably to > > > > > S3. And of course the reverse (importing the database). > > > > > 2) Access to the database through the console (psql). I realize > that > > > > > I can access it through the models, this isn't what I want, I want > to > > > > > be able to login to the console and issue custom sql queries. > > > > > > > My $0.02 > > > > > > > So out of curiosity, as a business, who is Heroku's target > audience? > > > > > > > -Chris > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Heroku" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to her...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<heroku%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <heroku%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<heroku%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Heroku" group. > To post to this group, send email to her...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<heroku%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to her...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
