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Backup

Protect your Anaphora configuration and data with backups. There are three ways to back up your Anaphora instance:

  1. UI Export - Use the UI to create and download backup files.
  2. API Export - Use the API to programmatically export data.
  3. Docker Volume Backup - For Docker deployments, back up the data volume directly.
tip

UI Export and API Export will only back up the configuration and data stored within Anaphora. Report files are not included in these backups. So having a docker volume backup is recommended for complete data protection.

UI Backup​

  1. Access the Settings > Data.
  2. Click Export to file to download a backup of the current configuration and data.
  3. Store the backup file securely.

UI Import​

  1. Go to Settings > Data
  2. Click Import from file
  3. Upload the backup file

Docker Volume Backup​

For Docker deployments, back up the data volume:

docker run --rm \
  -v anaphora-content:/data/content \
  -v anaphora-storage:/data/storage \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  alpine tar czf /backup/anaphora-backup.tar.gz /data

Docker Volume Import​

docker run --rm \
  -v anaphora-content:/content \
  -v anaphora-storage:/storage \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  alpine tar xzf /backup/anaphora-backup.tar.gz -C /

API Backup​

Authentication: Use basic auth headers with a system user.

Get the backup via the following endpoint:

GET /guest/api/export

Response: A downloadable backup file in .ana format.

API Import​

Authentication: Use basic auth headers with a system user.

Upload the backup file via the following endpoint:

POST /guest/api/import

Request Body: .ana backup file as binary data.

Next Steps​