Additional documentation for performing a backup #27

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2025-11-07T06:19:18-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-07 06:19:18 -06:00

Originally created by @laxmanpradhan on GitHub (Jul 6, 2018).

I'm trying to do a backup of my vault. Reading the official documentation, there are some differences for the rust docker implementation (https://help.bitwarden.com/article/backup-on-premise/). In the docker implementation, by default all 3 folders mentioned in that link are combined into the data folder. I assume that backing up that one /data/ folder is sufficient for a full backup. Assuming that is correct, I can put in pull request into the readme to add a backup section to clarify this if you want.

Also the official docs talk about an automatic nightly backup of the database. Is that also the case with this sqlite implementation?

Originally created by @laxmanpradhan on GitHub (Jul 6, 2018). I'm trying to do a backup of my vault. Reading the official documentation, there are some differences for the rust docker implementation (https://help.bitwarden.com/article/backup-on-premise/). In the docker implementation, by default all 3 folders mentioned in that link are combined into the data folder. I assume that backing up that one /data/ folder is sufficient for a full backup. Assuming that is correct, I can put in pull request into the readme to add a backup section to clarify this if you want. Also the official docs talk about an automatic nightly backup of the database. Is that also the case with this sqlite implementation?

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GiteaMirror commented

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@mprasil commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2018):

Hi, yes that's correct. All you need to do to restore the server fully is that data folder. If you want to save space, you can omit the icon_cache folder.

There is no automatic backup of the db or anything like that.

Hope that helps.

@mprasil commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2018): Hi, yes that's correct. All you need to do to restore the server fully is that data folder. If you want to save space, you can omit the icon_cache folder. There is no automatic backup of the db or anything like that. Hope that helps.

GiteaMirror commented

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@dani-garcia commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2018):

What @mprasil said is correct, so I'm closing this, but you are right that the readme is a bit barebones in its current state. If you want to help expand the documentation I would very much appreciate it!

@dani-garcia commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2018): What @mprasil said is correct, so I'm closing this, but you are right that the readme is a bit barebones in its current state. If you want to help expand the documentation I would very much appreciate it!