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Viacheslav Anzhiganov, 02/19/2025 07:08 PM

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# Back Up and Share Docker Volumes
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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:





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      -v "$VOLUME_NAME":/backup-volume \





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      -v "$(pwd)":/backup \





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      tar -zcvf /backup/my-backup.tar.gz /backup-volume





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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.





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## Useful links





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* [github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup](https://github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup) - Backup Docker volumes locally or to any S3, WebDAV, Azure Blob Storage, Dropbox or SSH compatible storage.