Barman May 2026

Are you setting up replication or the traditional rsync/SSH method? Barman Manual

Each PostgreSQL server you back up needs its own .conf file. Here is a text template for a standard setup: barman

To make the configurations above work, you must execute these SQL commands on your to create the necessary users: Create the Barman User : Are you setting up replication or the traditional

CREATE USER barman WITH SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'your_secure_password'; Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard : Copied to clipboard : [barman] ; User that

[barman] ; User that runs Barman barman_user = barman ; Where backup data is stored barman_home = /var/lib/barman ; Directory for individual server config files configuration_files_directory = /etc/barman.d ; Log file location log_file = /var/log/barman/barman.log log_level = INFO ; Default compression for backups compression = gzip Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard

2. Server-Specific Configuration ( /etc/barman.d/pg-server.conf )