a github action to save minio contents to a git repo

backup-minio.yml

name: Backup All MinIO Buckets and Push to GitHub

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # Runs daily at midnight
  workflow_dispatch:  # Allows manual triggering

jobs:
  backup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: master
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}

      - name: Set up MinIO Client (mc)
        run: |
          curl -o mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc
          chmod +x mc
          ./mc alias set myminio ${{ secrets.MINIO_ENDPOINT }} ${{ secrets.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY }} ${{ secrets.MINIO_SECRET_KEY }}

      - name: List and backup all buckets
        run: |
          # Get a list of all buckets
          buckets=$(./mc ls myminio | awk '{print $5}')

          # Loop through each bucket and back it up
          for bucket in $buckets; do
            echo "Backing up bucket: $bucket"
            ./mc mirror myminio/$bucket ./backup/$bucket
          done

      - name: Commit and push backup files
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
          git add .
          git commit --allow-empty -m "Automated MinIO backup - $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
          git push https://${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git master