WAL-G is an archival restoration tool for Postgres (beta for MySQL, MariaDB & MongoDB). It is the successor of WAL-E with a number of key differences. WAL-G uses LZ4, LZMA, or Brotli compression, multiple processors, and non-exclusive base backups for PostgreSQL.
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install wal-g
To install wal-g, simply use the following command: