Firebird

Firebird is fully supported by the Portabase agent. We use native gbak and isql tools to ensure consistent and reliable backups.

Configuration

When running portabase db add, select firebird as the database type.

In your databases.json (or .toml) file, configure the following block.

databases.json

{
  "name": "Database - Firebird",
  "database": "/var/lib/firebird/data/mirror.fdb",
  "type": "firebird",
  "username": "alice",
  "password": "fake_password",
  "port": 3050,
  "host": "db-firebird",
  "generated_id": "..."
}

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Docker Compose Example

Here is how to configure a Firebird service alongside the agent.

docker-compose.yml

services:
  db-firebird:
    image: firebirdsql/firebird
    container_name: db-firebird
    restart: always
    environment:
      - FIREBIRD_ROOT_PASSWORD=fake_root_password
      - FIREBIRD_USER=alice
      - FIREBIRD_PASSWORD=fake_password
      - FIREBIRD_DATABASE=mirror.fdb
      - FIREBIRD_DATABASE_DEFAULT_CHARSET=UTF8
    volumes:
      - firebird-data:/var/lib/firebird/data
    ports:
      - "3060:3050"
    networks:
      - portabase

  agent:
    image: portabase/agent:latest
    # ... agent configuration ...
    depends_on:
      - db-firebird
    networks:
      - portabase

networks: portabase: external: true

volumes: firebird-data:


<Callout type="warn">
    If you use `localhost` as the host (because the agent is on the host machine and not in Docker, or via `host-gateway`), ensure your database is listening on all interfaces (`0.0.0.0`) or is accessible from the agent.
</Callout>

Configuration

Docker Compose Example

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