discourse backup creates a backup with uploads, regardless of the site setting that controls that. Is there a way to do a database only backup from the command line? It would be handy to be able do this for a number of reasons.

[image] How to backup database only (without uploads) from console? support 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: …

Thanks! I read enough here that I think I know and remember everything that’s been posted and sometimes forget to search. :man_shrugging: I marked your post as the solution, but here’s the one-liner: /var/discourse/launcher run app "echo 'BackupRestore::Backuper.new(Discourse.system_user.id, with_…

Just a note to self for future reference: # enter docker container, or ./launcher enter <dockername> docker exec -it <dockername> bash # don't forget to specify database for multisite when running rails console RAILS_DB=db_name rails c # review command: BackupRestore::Backuper.new(Discourse.system_…

Command line database only backup

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Command line database only backup

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