snapshotting: ability to specify timestamp location != UTC (#801)
This PR adds a new field optional field `timestamp_location` that allows the user to specify a timezone different than the default UTC for use in the snapshot suffix. I took @mjasnik 's PR https://github.com/zrepl/zrepl/pull/785 and refactored+extended it as follows: * move all formatting logic into its own package * disallow `dense` and `human` with formats != UTC to protect users from stupidity * document behavior more clearly * regression test for existing users
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@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ The following snapshotting types are supported:
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The ``periodic`` and ``cron`` snapshotting types share some common options and behavior:
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* **Naming:** The snapshot names are composed of a user-defined ``prefix`` followed by a UTC date formatted like ``20060102_150405_000``.
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We use UTC because it will avoid name conflicts when switching time zones or between summer and winter time.
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* **Naming:** The snapshot names are composed of a user-defined ``prefix`` followed by a UTC date formatted like ``20060102_150405_000`` by default.
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We either use UTC or timestamp with timezone information because it will avoid name conflicts when switching time zones or between summer and winter time.
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Note that if timestamp with time zone information is used, the "+" of the timezone (i.e. +02:00) is replaced by "_" (i.e. _02:00) to conform to allowed characters in ZFS snapshots.
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* **Hooks:** You can configure hooks to run before or after zrepl takes the snapshots. See :ref:`below <job-snapshotting-hooks>` for details.
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* **Push replication:** After creating all snapshots, the snapshotter will wake up the replication part of the job, if it's a ``push`` job.
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Note that snapshotting is decoupled from replication, i.e., if it is down or takes too long, snapshots will still be taken.
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@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ The ``periodic`` and ``cron`` snapshotting types share some common options and b
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# Timestamp format that is used as snapshot suffix.
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# Can be any of "dense" (default), "human", "iso-8601", "unix-seconds" or a custom Go time format (see https://go.dev/src/time/format.go)
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timestamp_format: dense
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# Specifies in which time zone the snapshot suffix is generated, optional, defaults to UTC, used only if time zone information is part of timestamp_format.
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# Can be "UTC" (default), "Local" (time zone information from the OS) or any of the IANA Time Zone names (see https://nodatime.org/TimeZones)
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timestamp_location: UTC
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hooks: ...
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pruning: ...
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@@ -97,6 +101,9 @@ The snapshotter uses the ``prefix`` to identify which snapshots it created.
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# Timestamp format that is used as snapshot suffix.
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# Can be any of "dense" (default), "human", "iso-8601", "unix-seconds" or a custom Go time format (see https://go.dev/src/time/format.go)
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timestamp_format: dense
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# Specifies in which time zone the snapshot suffix is generated, optional, defaults to UTC, used only if time zone information is part of timestamp_format.
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# Can be "UTC" (default), "Local" (time zone information from the OS) or any of the IANA Time Zone names (see https://nodatime.org/TimeZones)
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timestamp_location: UTC
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pruning: ...
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In ``cron`` mode, the snapshotter takes snaphots at fixed points in time.
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@@ -104,20 +111,6 @@ See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron for details on the syntax.
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zrepl uses the ``the github.com/robfig/cron/v3`` Go package for parsing.
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An optional field for "seconds" is supported to take snapshots at sub-minute frequencies.
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.. _job-snapshotting-timestamp_format:
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Timestamp Format
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The ``cron`` and ``periodic`` snapshotter support configuring a custom timestamp format that is used as suffix for the snapshot name.
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It can be used by setting ``timestamp_format`` to any of the following values:
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* ``dense`` (default) looks like ``20060102_150405_000``
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* ``human`` looks like ``2006-01-02_15:04:05``
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* ``iso-8601`` looks like ``2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z``
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* ``unix-seconds`` looks like ``1136214245``
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* Any custom Go time format accepted by `time.Time#Format <https://go.dev/src/time/format.go>`_.
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``manual`` Snapshotting
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@@ -137,6 +130,33 @@ See :ref:`this quickstart guide <quickstart-backup-to-external-disk>` for an exa
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To trigger replication after taking snapshots, use the ``zrepl signal wakeup JOB`` command.
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.. _job-snapshotting-timestamp_format:
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Timestamp Format
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The ``cron`` and ``periodic`` snapshotter support configuring a custom timestamp format that is used as suffix for the snapshot name.
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By default, the current time is converted to UTC and then formatted using the ``dense`` format.
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Both time zone and format can be customized by setting ``timestamp_format`` and/or ``timestamp_location``.
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``timestamp_location`` is fed verbatim into `time.LoadLocation <https://pkg.go.dev/time#LoadLocation>`_.
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``timestamp_format`` supports the following values (case-insensitive).
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* ``dense`` => Go format string ``20060102_150405_000``
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* ``human`` => Go format string ``2006-01-02_15:04:05``
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* ``iso-8601`` => Go format string ``2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00``
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* ``unix-seconds`` => Unix seconds since the epoch, formatted as a decimal string (`time.Time.Unix <https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time.Unix>`_)
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* Any custom Go time format accepted by `time.Time#Format <https://go.dev/src/time/format.go>`_.
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The ``dense``, ``human``, and ``unix-seconds`` formats require the ``timestamp_location`` to be ``UTC`` because they do not contain timezone information.
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The ``+`` character is `not allowed in ZFS snapshot names <https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/blob/1d3ba0bf01020f5459b1c28db3979129088924c0/module/zcommon/zfs_namecheck.c#L334-L351>`_.
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Format strings are disallowed to contain the ``+`` character (it's not a character that is interpreted by ``time.Time.Format``, so there's no reason to use it).
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If a format _produces_ a ``+``, that ``+`` is replaced by an `_`` character.
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.. _job-snapshotting-hooks:
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Pre- and Post-Snapshot Hooks
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@@ -173,7 +193,7 @@ Most hook types take additional parameters, please refer to the respective subse
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* - ``mysql-lock-tables``
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- :ref:`Details <job-hook-type-mysql-lock-tables>`
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- Flush and read-Lock MySQL tables while taking the snapshot.
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.. _job-hook-type-command:
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``command`` Hooks
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