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How to export an Influxdb database which is in a docker container?

I want to export my influxdb database as mentioned here, but my InfluxDB is in a docker container, and I'm still a beginner with it. How can I execute the following command into my container ? influxdb backup -database name /opt/data

Solution

  • You can do a docker exec & docker cp to backup your data in case you have not used host mounts - 

    docker exec -it $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "influxdb backup -database name /opt/data"

    Once your data is generated in /opt/data, copy it to the current directory on Docker host - 

    docker cp $CONTAINER_ID:/opt/data ./