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# Back Up and Share Docker Volumes
Normally, if you want to back up a data volume, you run a new container using the volume you want to back up, then execute the tar command to produce an archive of the volume content:
```
docker run --rm \
-v "$VOLUME_NAME":/backup-volume \
-v "$(pwd)":/backup \
busybox \
tar -zcvf /backup/my-backup.tar.gz /backup-volume
```
To restore a volume with an existing backup, you can run a new container that mounts the target volume and executes the tar command to decompress the archive into the target volume.
## Useful links
* https://github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup