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The page "How_to_make_filesystem_backups" has been deleted by JoanTouzet: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/How_to_make_filesystem_backups?action=diff&rev1=7&rev2=8 Comment: Migrated to docs.couchdb.org, see https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/pull/369 - <<Include(EditTheWiki)>> - There are three types of variable data files to backup: - - * Database files - - * Configuration files - - * Log files - - [[http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-couchdb-user/200808.mbox/<32800028-9286-47c8-82a5-1ecc25667...@apache.org>|Couch-users discussion from Damien Katz - August 2008]]: - - {{{ - Actually, you can copy a live database file from the OS at anytime without problem. Doesn't matter if its being updated, or even if its being compacted, the CouchDB never-overwrite storage format ensures it should just work without issue. - }}} - For all platforms, locate your database, configuration, and log files and perform a filesystem copy. Be careful to preserve file permissions, too. Archive these files to wherever you want-- ideally on a different machine in a different physical location -- with appropriate security limiting access. - - For example, here are the directories to backup for a [[http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/InstallingOnUbuntu|CouchDB install on Ubuntu]]: - - * Configuration: /etc/couchdb/ - - * Database files: /var/lib/couchdb/ - - * Logs: /var/log/couchdb/ - - And to backup for a [[Installing_on_Windows|CouchDB install on Windows]] where ''%couch%'' is where you've installed or unpacked CouchDB: - - * Configuration: %couch%\etc\couchdb\ - - * Database files: %couch%\var\lib\couchdb\ - - * Logs: %couch%\var\log\couchdb\ - - '''Note:''' Before CouchDB 1.0 intermediate releases can have incompatible database file formats. For details on migrating those, see BreakingChanges. -
