Backup

Backup the database

  1. Open your terminal and navigate to the folder where you want to save the backup

  2. Create the backup file:

    pg_dump -h HOST -p PORT -U USER -d specatalog -F c -f backup_$(date +%F).dump

You can restore the database from the backup-file if you need to:

pg_restore -h HOST -p PORT -U USER -d neue_datenbank backup_DATE.dump

Backup the archive directory

You should always backup the archive directory following the backup of the database. Compress your archive folder and copy the compressed folder to an external place:

tar -I zstd -cf backup_$(date +%F).tar.zst archive_directory/