Backup Postgresql Database from Docker » History » Version 3
Viacheslav Anzhiganov, 02/19/2025 03:51 AM
| 1 | 1 | Viacheslav Anzhiganov | # Backup Postgresql Database from Docker |
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| 3 | 2 | Viacheslav Anzhiganov | ## Backup |
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| 5 | 3 | Viacheslav Anzhiganov | ```shell |
| 6 | CID=$(docker ps -f name=<container_name> -q) |
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| 7 | DBN=database_name |
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| 8 | docker exec -t ${CID} pg_dumpall -c -U postgres > dump_`date +%Y-%m-%d"_"%H_%M_%S`.sql |
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| 9 | 1 | Viacheslav Anzhiganov | ``` |
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| 11 | Creates filename like dump_2023-12-25_09_15_26.sql |
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| 13 | If you want a smaller file size, use gzip: |
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| 15 | ``` |
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| 16 | docker exec -t your-db-container pg_dumpall -c -U postgres | gzip > dump_`date +%Y-%m-%d"_"%H_%M_%S`.sql.gz |
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| 17 | ``` |
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| 19 | If you want even smaller file sizes use brotli or bzip2: |
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| 21 | ``` |
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| 22 | docker exec -t your-db-container pg_dumpall -c -U postgres | brotli --best > dump_`date +%Y-%m-%d"_"%H_%M_%S`.sql.br |
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| 23 | ``` |
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| 25 | or |
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| 27 | ``` |
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| 28 | docker exec -t your-db-container pg_dumpall -c -U postgres | bzip2 --best > dump_`date +%Y-%m-%d"_"%H_%M_%S`.sql.bz2 |
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| 29 | ``` |
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| 31 | 2 | Viacheslav Anzhiganov | ## Restore your databases |
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| 33 | ``` |
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| 34 | cat your_dump.sql | docker exec -i your-db-container psql -U postgres |
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| 35 | ``` |