mcicolella/docker-volume-backup repository overview

⁠docker-volume-backup

Easy backup and restore your docker volume⁠.

Attention: You should not use the docker volume during backup or restore, otherwise your data might be damaged!

⁠Backup docker volume

Syntax:

docker run -v [volume-name]:/volume -v [output-dir]:/backup --rm scorb/docker-volume-backup backup [archive-name]

For example:

docker run -v my-docker-volume:/volume -v /tmp:/backup --rm scorb/docker-volume-backup backup archive-file

will backup volume named my-docker-volume to archive file /tmp/archive-file.tar.gz

⁠Restore docker volume

Attention: Your target docker volume will be wiped before backup restore!

Syntax:

docker run -v [volume-name]:/volume -v [input-dir]:/backup --rm scorb/docker-volume-backup restore [archive-name]

For example:

docker run -v my-docker-volume:/volume -v /backup-data:/backup --rm scorb/docker-volume-backup restore archive-file

will clean and restore volume named my-docker-volume from archive file /backup-data/archive-file.tar.gz

⁠Credits

Based on this repository https://bitbucket.org/scorb/de.scorban.demo.wordpress/src/master/docker-volume-backup/⁠

⁠Blog post: Auto-Backup für Docker Volumes⁠

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