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Using Altinity Backup with NGX Storage S3 for ClickHouse Backups

UpdatedMarch 20, 2025
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To securely and efficiently manage backups for your ClickHouse database, consider using the Altinity Backup Tool in conjunction with the NGX Storage S3. This setup offers a robust solution by leveraging ClickHouse’s powerful analytics capabilities while ensuring data integrity through reliable backups stored on the on-premise NGX Storage S3 service. By following a step-by-step guide, you can install and configure each component, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.

This guide assumes ClickHouse is already installed and configured on your system. It focuses on configuring Altinity Backup Tool to utilize NGX Storage S3 for storing backups.

Step 1: Install Alinity ClickHouse Backup same host with ClickHouse

Find proper version for your server in here.

For RPM package:

# sudo rpm -i clickhouse-backup-*x86_64.rpm

For DEB package:

# sudo dpkg -i clickhouse-backup_*amd64.deb

Step 2: Configure NGX Storage S3 Bucket

1. Under Shares->S3 menu, click Add S3 User button. Below example we add “clickhouse-backup” user.  Do not forget to copy the secret key !

2. Create a new bucket and assign user to access it.

Step 3: Configure Alinity ClickHouse Backup

# touch /etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml

Create the configuration file at /etc/clickhouse-backup/config.yml with the following content:

general:
  allow_empty_backups: false
  backups_to_keep_local: 0
  backups_to_keep_remote: 0
  download_concurrency: 2
  log_level: info
  max_file_size: 1073741824
  remote_storage: s3
  upload_concurrency: 2
clickhouse:
  username: default
  password: ""
  host: localhost
  port: 9000
  skip_tables:
  - system.*
  - INFORMATION_SCHEMA.*
  - information_schema.*
s3:
  access_key: "clickhouse-backup" # username of S3 user
  secret_key: "" # created by NGX Storage device after created S3 user
  bucket: "clickhouse-backup"
  acl: private
  debug: false
  disable_cert_verification: true
  endpoint: "http://192.168.1.19:9000"
  force_path_style: true

Step 4: Initialize and Backup

Create a full backup:

# sudo clickhouse-backup create [backup_name]

Upload backup:

# sudo clickhouse-backup upload [backup_name]

Delete backup from local:

# sudo clickhouse-backup delete local [backup_name]

Step 5: Restore Backup

Drop databases from Clickhouse cluster before restore.

Download the backup:

# sudo clickhouse-backup download [backup_name]

Restore Backup:

# sudo clickhouse-backup restore --rbac --configs --drop [backup_name]

“–drop”: Drop exists schema objects before restore

“–rbac”: Restore RBAC related objects

“–configs”: Restore ‘clickhouse-server’ CONFIG related files

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