Barman Monitoring

Barman (Backup and Recovery Manager) is an open-source administration tool designed for disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers. It enables organizations to perform remote backups of multiple servers in business-critical environments, reducing risk and assisting DBAs during recovery.

The Foglight for PostgreSQL cartridge can monitor Barman servers with a simple configuration. The cartridge uses native Barman commands to extract essential Barman checks and provide insightful data on your PostgreSQL server’s status and backups. Foglight also offers historical tracking, allowing you to identify when backup failures or Barman check failures occurred and whether they are recurring.

This section covers the following key areas:

• Prerequisites
• Installing and Configuring Barman Agents
• Barman Dashboard
• Barman Alarms

Prerequisites

Foglight for PostgreSQL supports Barman versions 3.0 and above. The Barman host must allow an SSH connection from the Foglight for PostgreSQL agent to enable monitoring. Additionally, the user establishing the connection must have sufficient permissions to execute Barman-specific commands on the host.