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Eybackup Process Failing

Issue Description:

When the eybackup process fails across all instances, this document provides solutions that have been tested in both internal environments and customer deployments.


Errors:

  1. The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.
  2. AWS Authentication Error

    sudo -i eybackup -e postgresql -k 81D7EB1098362CF3 Expected(200) <=> Actual(403 Forbidden)
    excon.error.response :body => "\n<code>InvalidAccessKeyId</code>The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records."
  3. Permission Denied

Permission denied: '/var/lib/eybackup/...'


Solutions

Option 1:

  • Run the chef.

  • The backup will automatically resume on the next scheduled run. 

Option 2:

Follow these steps to manually resolve the issue:

  1. Apply Changes to All Environments

    • Hit the "Apply" button on all involved environments

  2. Manually Trigger a Backup

    • Execute the following command to extract the backup command:

      sudo crontab -l | grep eybackup | awk '{$1=$2=$3=$4=$5=""; print substr($0,6)}'
    • Extract the resulting command, and run it

  3. Validate Success

    • Check the backup log file to confirm successful execution:

      cat /var/log/eybackup.log


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  1. Aditi Garg

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