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Context
add workflows required for disaster recovery
Changes proposed in this pull request
add 3 new workflows to to do database backup, restore and restore to point in time for qa and production environments
Guidance to review
see the successfully runs at:
https://github.com/DFE-Digital/publish-teacher-training/actions/runs/13071845733
https://github.com/DFE-Digital/publish-teacher-training/actions/runs/13034133027
you can test by checkout the branch and running
gh workflow run database-restore.yml -r dr-test -f backup-sanitise=false -f environment=qa (NOTE: This actually does a backup -))
gh workflow run postgres-ptr.yml -r dr-test -f environment=qa -f restore-time=2026-01-29T06:00:00
gh workflow run postgres-restore.yml -r dr-test -f environment=qa
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Publish: Plan for DR test - Feb 2025