Hi Chris, http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/maintenance/backups.html has everything you need. Sadly this documentation didn't land in time for our 2.3.0 release. These instructions are applicable for any 2.x release.
All the best, Joan ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Arthur Mantell" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:19:48 PM > Subject: Backing Up CouchDB 2.2 > > Hi, > > > With Couch 1.7, we have a python script that makes an archive of all > our .couch and .view files in /usr/lib/couchdb for back up. > > > With Couch 2.2, there are shards directories and in order to make an > archived backup, would I have to copy all the files in the shards > directories? > > > Any suggested approach to backing up our Couch files apart from > replication? > > > I'm curious if it's possible to use these archived files to make an > exact copy on a brand new CouchDB server. > > > Thank you, > > > Chris Mantell > > Programmer > > Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging > Massachusetts General Hospital > Building 149 - South Central > Charlestown, MA 02129 > [email protected] > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to > whom it is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and > the e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance > HelpLine at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to > you in error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender > and properly > dispose of the e-mail. >
