Cargo.lock

@@ -1438,6 +1438,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "garage_util",
  "hex",
  "opentelemetry",
+ "parse_duration",
  "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",

Cargo.nix

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ args@{
   ignoreLockHash,
 }:
 let
-  nixifiedLockHash = "8112e20b0e356bed77a9769600c2b2952662ec8af9548eecf8a2d46fe8433189";
+  nixifiedLockHash = "f99156ba9724d370b33258f076f078fefc945f0af79292b1a246bd48bef2a9b2";
   workspaceSrc = if args.workspaceSrc == null then ./. else args.workspaceSrc;
   currentLockHash = builtins.hashFile "sha256" (workspaceSrc + /Cargo.lock);
   lockHashIgnored = if ignoreLockHash
@@ -2093,6 +2093,7 @@ in
       garage_util = (rustPackages."unknown".garage_util."0.9.3" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       hex = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".hex."0.4.3" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       opentelemetry = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".opentelemetry."0.17.0" { inherit profileName; }).out;
+      parse_duration = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".parse_duration."2.1.1" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       rand = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".rand."0.8.5" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       serde = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".serde."1.0.196" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       serde_bytes = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".serde_bytes."0.11.14" { inherit profileName; }).out;

src/garage/server.rs

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub async fn run_server(config_file: PathBuf, secrets: Secrets) -> Result<(), Er
 	let (background, await_background_done) = BackgroundRunner::new(watch_cancel.clone());
 
 	info!("Spawning Garage workers...");
-	garage.spawn_workers(&background);
+	garage.spawn_workers(&background)?;
 
 	if config.admin.trace_sink.is_some() {
 		info!("Initialize tracing...");

src/model/Cargo.toml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ chrono.workspace = true
 err-derive.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 base64.workspace = true
+parse_duration.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 zstd.workspace = true

src/model/garage.rs

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ impl Garage {
 		}))
 	}
 
-	pub fn spawn_workers(self: &Arc<Self>, bg: &BackgroundRunner) {
+	pub fn spawn_workers(self: &Arc<Self>, bg: &BackgroundRunner) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		self.block_manager.spawn_workers(bg);
 
 		self.bucket_table.spawn_workers(bg);
@@ -299,6 +299,23 @@ impl Garage {
 
 		#[cfg(feature = "k2v")]
 		self.k2v.spawn_workers(bg);
+
+		if let Some(itv) = self.config.metadata_auto_snapshot_interval.as_deref() {
+			let interval = parse_duration::parse(itv)
+				.ok_or_message("Invalid `metadata_auto_snapshot_interval`")?;
+			if interval < std::time::Duration::from_secs(600) {
+				return Err(Error::Message(
+					"metadata_auto_snapshot_interval too small or negative".into(),
+				));
+			}
+
+			bg.spawn_worker(crate::snapshot::AutoSnapshotWorker::new(
+				self.clone(),
+				interval,
+			));
+		}
+
+		Ok(())
 	}
 
 	pub fn bucket_helper(&self) -> helper::bucket::BucketHelper {

src/model/lib.rs

@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ pub mod s3;
 pub mod garage;
 pub mod helper;
 pub mod migrate;
+pub mod snapshot;

src/model/snapshot.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use rand::prelude::*;
+use tokio::sync::watch;
+
+use garage_util::background::*;
+use garage_util::error::*;
+
+use crate::garage::Garage;
+
+// The two most recent snapshots are kept
+const KEEP_SNAPSHOTS: usize = 2;
+
+static SNAPSHOT_MUTEX: Mutex<()> = Mutex::new(());
+
+// ================ snapshotting logic =====================
+
+/// Run snashot_metadata in a blocking thread and async await on it
+pub async fn async_snapshot_metadata(garage: &Arc<Garage>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let garage = garage.clone();
+	let worker = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || snapshot_metadata(&garage));
+	worker.await.unwrap()?;
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Take a snapshot of the metadata database, and erase older
+/// snapshots if necessary.
+/// This is not an async function, it should be spawned on a thread pool
+pub fn snapshot_metadata(garage: &Garage) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let lock = match SNAPSHOT_MUTEX.try_lock() {
+		Ok(lock) => lock,
+		Err(_) => {
+			return Err(Error::Message(
+				"Cannot acquire lock, another snapshot might be in progress".into(),
+			))
+		}
+	};
+
+	let mut snapshots_dir = garage.config.metadata_dir.clone();
+	snapshots_dir.push("snapshots");
+	fs::create_dir_all(&snapshots_dir)?;
+
+	let mut new_path = snapshots_dir.clone();
+	new_path.push(chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339_opts(chrono::SecondsFormat::Secs, true));
+
+	info!("Snapshotting metadata db to {}", new_path.display());
+	garage.db.snapshot(&new_path)?;
+	info!("Metadata db snapshot finished");
+
+	if let Err(e) = cleanup_snapshots(&snapshots_dir) {
+		error!("Failed to do cleanup in snapshots directory: {}", e);
+	}
+
+	drop(lock);
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+fn cleanup_snapshots(snapshots_dir: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let mut snapshots =
+		fs::read_dir(&snapshots_dir)?.collect::<Result<Vec<fs::DirEntry>, std::io::Error>>()?;
+
+	snapshots.retain(|x| x.file_name().len() > 8);
+	snapshots.sort_by_key(|x| x.file_name());
+
+	for to_delete in snapshots.iter().rev().skip(KEEP_SNAPSHOTS) {
+		let path = snapshots_dir.join(to_delete.path());
+		if to_delete.metadata()?.file_type().is_dir() {
+			for file in fs::read_dir(&path)? {
+				let file = file?;
+				if file.metadata()?.is_file() {
+					fs::remove_file(path.join(file.path()))?;
+				}
+			}
+			std::fs::remove_dir(&path)?;
+		} else {
+			std::fs::remove_file(&path)?;
+		}
+	}
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+// ================ auto snapshot worker =====================
+
+pub struct AutoSnapshotWorker {
+	garage: Arc<Garage>,
+	next_snapshot: Instant,
+	snapshot_interval: Duration,
+}
+
+impl AutoSnapshotWorker {
+	pub(crate) fn new(garage: Arc<Garage>, snapshot_interval: Duration) -> Self {
+		Self {
+			garage,
+			snapshot_interval,
+			next_snapshot: Instant::now() + (snapshot_interval / 2),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Worker for AutoSnapshotWorker {
+	fn name(&self) -> String {
+		"Metadata snapshot worker".into()
+	}
+	fn status(&self) -> WorkerStatus {
+		WorkerStatus {
+			freeform: vec![format!(
+				"Next snapshot: {}",
+				(chrono::Utc::now() + (self.next_snapshot - Instant::now())).to_rfc3339()
+			)],
+			..Default::default()
+		}
+	}
+	async fn work(&mut self, _must_exit: &mut watch::Receiver<bool>) -> Result<WorkerState, Error> {
+		if Instant::now() < self.next_snapshot {
+			return Ok(WorkerState::Idle);
+		}
+
+		async_snapshot_metadata(&self.garage).await?;
+
+		let rand_factor = 1f32 + thread_rng().gen::<f32>() / 5f32;
+		self.next_snapshot = Instant::now() + self.snapshot_interval.mul_f32(rand_factor);
+
+		Ok(WorkerState::Idle)
+	}
+	async fn wait_for_work(&mut self) -> WorkerState {
+		tokio::time::sleep_until(self.next_snapshot.into()).await;
+		WorkerState::Busy
+	}
+}

src/util/config.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ pub struct Config {
 	#[serde(default)]
 	pub disable_scrub: bool,
 
+	/// Automatic snapshot interval for metadata
+	#[serde(default)]
+	pub metadata_auto_snapshot_interval: Option<String>,
+
 	/// Size of data blocks to save to disk
 	#[serde(
 		deserialize_with = "deserialize_capacity",