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Backup and restore Docker volumes
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docker-volume-backup.sh
# Backup
docker run --rm --volumes-from container_id -v $(pwd):/backup ubuntu:18.04 tar cvf /backup/file.bak.tar /path/to/volume
ls # file.bak.tar
# Restore
docker run --rm --volumes-from container_id -v $(pwd):/backup ubuntu:18.04 bash -c "cd /path/to/volume && tar xvf /backup/file.bak.tar --strip 3"
# Example for MySQL database
docker run --rm --volumes-from mysql -v $(pwd):/backup ubuntu:18.04 tar cvf /backup/db.bak.tar /var/lib/mysql
docker run --rm --volumes-from mysql -v $(pwd):/backup ubuntu bash -c "cd /var/lib/mysql && tar xvf /backup/db.bak.tar --strip 3"
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