Options in backing up persistent docker volumes? (lemmy.world)

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Hi all

I'm running several docker containers with local persistent volumes that I would like to backup. I haven't found an easy method to do so.

What do you use / recommend to do that? AFAIK you can't just rsync the volume directory while the container is running.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Use bind mounts instead of docker volumes. Then you just have normal directories to back up, the same as you would anything else.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is your answer. It also has the benefit of allowing you to have a nice folder structure for your Docker setup, where you have a folder for each service holding the corresponding compose yaml and data folder(s)

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