How to Monitor Your Automatic Backups

Backups are your safety net. But they can fail silently for weeks.

This guide shows you how to monitor your backup scripts with MoniTao Heartbeat.

Why Monitor Backups?

Backups can fail for many reasons:

• Insufficient disk space
• Incorrect permissions
• Network timeout to remote storage
• Update that breaks the script

Complete Configuration

Integrate heartbeat into your backup script:

Step 1: Create the Heartbeat Job

Create a job with your backup interval (e.g., 24h for daily backup).

Step 2: Get the Tokens

Copy the ping_token and api_secret from the MoniTao dashboard.

Step 3: Integrate into Script

Here's a complete bash script example with integrated heartbeat:

#!/bin/bash
# Script de backup MySQL avec heartbeat MoniTao

TOKEN="VOTRE_PING_TOKEN"
SECRET="VOTRE_API_SECRET"
API="https://monitao.com/api/heartbeat"

# Signal de debut
curl -s -X POST "$API/start/$TOKEN" -H "Authorization: Bearer $SECRET"

# Variables
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
BACKUP_DIR="/backups"
DB_NAME="production"
DB_USER="backup_user"
DB_PASS="secure_password"

# Execution du backup
mysqldump -u $DB_USER -p"$DB_PASS" $DB_NAME | gzip > "$BACKUP_DIR/db_$DATE.sql.gz"
RESULT=$?

# Verification et signal
if [ $RESULT -eq 0 ] && [ -f "$BACKUP_DIR/db_$DATE.sql.gz" ]; then
    # Backup reussi
    curl -s -X POST "$API/ping/$TOKEN" -H "Authorization: Bearer $SECRET"

    # Nettoyage des vieux backups (garder 7 jours)
    find $BACKUP_DIR -name "db_*.sql.gz" -mtime +7 -delete
else
    # Backup echoue
    curl -s -X POST "$API/fail/$TOKEN" -H "Authorization: Bearer $SECRET"
    exit 1
fi

Supported Backup Types

Heartbeat works with all types of backups:

• Database - MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB...
• Files - rsync, tar, rclone to S3...
• Applications - WordPress, GitLab, etc.

Frequently Asked Questions