# Restroring problems

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/restroring-problems/151369>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** unsupported-install\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restroring-problems/151369 "2020-05-13T19:21:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![pihentagy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pihentagy/32/131067_2.png) [@pihentagy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pihentagy)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restroring-problems/151369/10 "2020-05-14T13:13:51Z")

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Well, now I just did a backup and checked if it can be found outside the docker machine and it cannot.

```plaintext
vagrant@ubuntu-xenial:~$ sudo docker inspect -f "{{.Mounts}}" discourse
[{bind /var/discourse/shared/standalone /shared true rprivate} {bind /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log /var/log true rprivate}]

```

> [@RGJ](#):
>
> I wrote `/var/discourse/shared....` above. But it seems that you are working in `~/infra/discourse` , so you are copying to `~/infra/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default` .

True, but I just ignored it for now. Btw that `rsync` was done outside of the (vagrant) machine where I ran my discourse.

But for now, as you suggested did the following:

- vagrant ssh to the machine and from inside:
  - did a backup with `sudo docker exec -w /var/www/discourse -i discourse discourse backup`
  - noticed the filepath:

```plaintext
Output file is in: /var/www/discourse/public/backups/default/discourse-2020-05-14-125606-v20200512064023.tar.gz

```

  - searched the whole vagrant machine for that particular file, but found nothing

```plaintext
find / -name discourse-2020-05-14-125606-v20200512064023.tar.gz 2>/dev/null

```

  - however if I enter the docker machine, it is there

```plaintext
root@ubuntu-xenial-discourse:/var/www/discourse/public/backups/default# ls
discourse-2020-05-14-120436-v20200512064023.tar.gz discourse-2020-05-14-121930-v20200512064023.tar.gz
discourse-2020-05-14-121710-v20200512064023.tar.gz discourse-2020-05-14-125606-v20200512064023.tar.gz

```

**So my question: if I create a backup, should I see it from outside of docker?**

In the meantime I just create a vagrant machine, and git clone from inside in the standard `/var/discourse` directory. The only “oddness” is that I have a `discourse.yml` inside container, not `app.yml`.

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