Backups

Methods for creating and restoring backups of DataForge.

Database backup

pg_dump and pg_restore can be used to create and restore backups of the PostgreSQL database. A database backup serves as a snapshot of the DataForge instance, allowing recovery of a near-exact replica of its state at the time of the backup.

Metric data and S3 storage are not included in the backup configuration.

Creating database backups

Dump a database with the name mydb into an SQL script file:

$ pg_dump mydb > db.sql

Restoring databases from backups

Restore the dump into a new database named newdb:

$ createdb -T template0 newdb
$ pg_restore -d newdb db.dump

For more information about PostgreSQL’s pg_dump and pg_restore , refer to the official documentation .