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| 1 | +# Disaster Recovery Runbook |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Purpose |
| 4 | +This runbook provides step-by-step procedures for restoring database services in the event of data loss, corruption, or infrastructure failure. It ensures business continuity and compliance with recovery objectives. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +## Recovery Objectives |
| 9 | +- **RPO (Recovery Point Objective):** ≤ 1 hour (hourly backups + WAL logs). |
| 10 | +- **RTO (Recovery Time Objective):** ≤ 2 hours for full restoration. |
| 11 | +- **Retention:** 30 days PITR, 6 months weekly backups. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +--- |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +## Recovery Scenarios |
| 16 | +1. **Accidental Data Deletion** |
| 17 | + - Restore latest backup. |
| 18 | + - Apply WAL logs to recover up to deletion time. |
| 19 | +2. **Database Corruption** |
| 20 | + - Provision new DB instance. |
| 21 | + - Restore last verified backup. |
| 22 | + - Apply WAL logs. |
| 23 | +3. **Regional Outage** |
| 24 | + - Switch to cross-region backup. |
| 25 | + - Provision DB in secondary region. |
| 26 | + - Restore backup + WAL logs. |
| 27 | +4. **Security Breach** |
| 28 | + - Isolate compromised DB. |
| 29 | + - Restore clean backup. |
| 30 | + - Rotate credentials and keys. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +--- |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## Recovery Steps |
| 35 | +1. **Identify Incident** |
| 36 | + - Monitor alerts (backup failures, DB errors). |
| 37 | + - Confirm scope of outage. |
| 38 | +2. **Provision New Database** |
| 39 | + - Launch new DB instance in primary or secondary region. |
| 40 | + - Configure networking and security groups. |
| 41 | +3. **Restore Backup** |
| 42 | + - Retrieve latest encrypted backup from storage. |
| 43 | + - Decrypt using KMS key. |
| 44 | + - Import backup into new DB. |
| 45 | +4. **Apply WAL Logs (PITR)** |
| 46 | + - Replay logs up to desired timestamp. |
| 47 | + - Validate consistency. |
| 48 | +5. **Verify Restoration** |
| 49 | + - Run automated integrity tests. |
| 50 | + - Validate application connectivity. |
| 51 | +6. **Switch Traffic** |
| 52 | + - Update connection strings. |
| 53 | + - Point services to restored DB. |
| 54 | +7. **Post-Recovery Actions** |
| 55 | + - Document incident. |
| 56 | + - Notify stakeholders. |
| 57 | + - Schedule follow-up review. |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +--- |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +## Monitoring & Alerts |
| 62 | +- **Backup Failures:** Alert via Slack/email. |
| 63 | +- **Restore Failures:** Escalate to DBA team. |
| 64 | +- **Retention Policy:** Auto-delete expired backups, log events. |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +--- |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +## Testing Schedule |
| 69 | +- **Monthly Restore Drill:** Restore backup into staging DB. |
| 70 | +- **Quarterly Failover Drill:** Simulate regional outage, restore cross-region backup. |
| 71 | +- **Annual Full Audit:** Verify PITR functionality for 30 days. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +--- |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +## Roles & Responsibilities |
| 76 | +- **DBA Team:** Execute recovery steps. |
| 77 | +- **DevOps Team:** Provision infrastructure. |
| 78 | +- **Security Team:** Handle breach scenarios. |
| 79 | +- **Management:** Approve failover decisions. |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +--- |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +## References |
| 84 | +- Backup Service (`backend/src/backup/backup.service.ts`) |
| 85 | +- Monitoring Dashboard |
| 86 | +- Cloud Storage Policies |
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