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Backup and restore Database
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Backup DB
Creates a backup in the current directory.
docker exec -t immich_postgres pg_dumpall --clean --if-exists --username=postgres | gzip > "./dump.sql.gz"
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Restore DB
docker compose down -v # CAUTION! Deletes all Immich data to start from scratch.
# rm -rf DB_DATA_LOCATION # CAUTION! Deletes all Immich data to start from scratch.
docker compose pull # Update to latest version of Immich (if desired)
docker compose create # Create Docker containers for Immich apps without running them.
docker start immich_postgres # Start Postgres server
sleep 10 # Wait for Postgres server to start up
gunzip < "./dump.sql.gz" \
| sed "s/SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false);/SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', 'public, pg_catalog', true);/g" \
| docker exec -i immich_postgres psql --username=postgres # Restore Backup
docker compose up -d # Start remainder of Immich apps
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Automate backup
Add to docker-compose.yml
:
services:
...
backup:
container_name: immich_db_dumper
image: prodrigestivill/postgres-backup-local:14
env_file:
- .env
environment:
POSTGRES_HOST: database
POSTGRES_CLUSTER: 'TRUE'
POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
SCHEDULE: "@daily"
POSTGRES_EXTRA_OPTS: '--clean --if-exists'
BACKUP_DIR: /db_dumps
volumes:
- ./db_dumps:/db_dumps
depends_on:
- database
Restore the latest backup with:
gunzip < db_dumps/last/immich-latest.sql.gz \
| sed "s/SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false);/SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', 'public, pg_catalog', true);/g" \
| docker exec -i immich_postgres psql --username=postgres