Best Practices for Backup/Restore

[ir0nh3at]

Hello,
I've reviewed the docs, but I don't see any instructions on backup and restore of the downloaded data and database. Do we just backup the ArchiveBox directory and restore it, or is there more to it than that? Thanks!

[pirate]

Yup, you can zip up the entire folder as a backup, or ideally put it on a filesystem that has COW snapshot support like ZFS, APFS, BTFS, etc.

Newer versions of archivebox don't require keeping the output folder in the same folder as the code, and they're able to import all previous versions of archivebox databases.

[ir0nh3at]

Perfect. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something non-obvious. Thanks for your help. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

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[pirate]

For anyone who finds this ticket in the future, here's a little more info on the folder structure in the docs (but nothing specific to backups):

• https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#Disk-Layout
• https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Security-Overview#output-folder

Also note I've added a new DB/filesystem troubleshooting area to the wiki that may help people arriving here from Google: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Upgrading-or-Merging-Archives#database-troubleshooting

Contributions/suggestions welcome there.