Backup and restore
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A backup captures a container's volumes and its image, encrypted, so you can put it back on any of your computers.
| Included | Not included |
|---|---|
| Every declared volume | Files the container wrote outside a volume |
| Bind-mounted directories | Anything installed on the host |
| The image, so the exact build is reproducible | Other containers on the same computer |
The container pauses for a few seconds while the copy is taken. A copy taken from a running database is not reliably restorable, so idapt stops the writes rather than hoping.
Open the container and go to the Volumes tab
Click Back up now
The backup appears in the list with its size once the upload finishes
| Rebuild | Restore | |
|---|---|---|
| Replaces | The image | The volume data |
| Your data | Kept | Replaced |
| Use it for | Security updates, a new image tag | Recovering from a bad change or a lost machine |
Restore overwrites every volume with the backup's copy. Anything written since that backup was taken is lost, and there is no undo without another backup. idapt asks you to type the container's name first.
Backups are kept for 30 days. Each one shows the days it has left. There is no way to extend a single backup; take a new one instead.
Migrate on the Placement tab uses the same machinery: back up, restore on the target, start. An exposed port gets a NEW URL after the move, so update anything pointing at the old one. The address belongs to the container rather than the machine underneath it.
The container is briefly stopped during the move. If the restore fails, it stays where it was.
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