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Restoredrill automates Postgres backup restore verification and produces audit-ready JSON reports
Restoredrill is a CI-native tool that restores PostgreSQL backups into throwaway containers, runs fail-closed checks across multiple tiers, and outputs timestamped JSON reports formatted for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and AWS FTR compliance evidence.
Teams rarely test backup restores despite knowing they should, and hand-rolled scripts tend to fail quietly without anyone noticing. Restoredrill makes skipping the drill loud and produces machine-generated, timestamped reports that auditors accept, closing a common compliance gap with evidence that is harder to fake than a policy doc.
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Restoredrill restores Postgres backups into throwaway containers and runs tiered fail-closed checks including prechecks, structural validation, read-path SQL assertions, and RTO tracking against a target.
The tool generates JSON reports with every field always present, designed specifically for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and AWS FTR evidence packets after three rewrites with a real auditor.
It differs from Databasus and BackupDrill by focusing narrowly on CI-native restore verification with auditor-shaped reports rather than providing a backup management dashboard.
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