# Command line database only backup

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/command-line-database-only-backup/153232
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** backups
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/command-line-database-only-backup/153232 "2020-05-29T13:53:15Z")
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### Author: ![md-misko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/md-misko/32/126315_2.png) [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/command-line-database-only-backup/153232/2 "2020-05-29T14:02:08Z")

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> [@How to backup database only (without uploads) from console?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-database-only-without-uploads-from-console/142504):
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> Is there a way to backup database only from console? ./launcher enter app discourse backup fails while trying to include uploads: ... Unpausing sidekiq... Finalizing backup... Creating archive: mysite-2020-02-24-183504-v20200203061927.tar.gz Making sure archive does not already exist... Creating empty archive... Archiving data dump... Archiving uploads... EXCEPTION: lib/discourse.rb:57:in `exec': Failed to archive uploads. tar: /var/www/discourse/public/backups/default/mysite-2020-02-24-18350…

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