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Backups

Scheduled database backups could be configured for PostgreSQL and for Coolify itself.

This schedules are based on cron expressions, so you can configure them to run as often as you want.

You can also use simple cron expressions like:

const VALID_CRON_STRINGS = [
    'every_minute' => '* * * * *',
    'hourly' => '0 * * * *',
    'daily' => '0 0 * * *',
    'weekly' => '0 0 * * 0',
    'monthly' => '0 0 1 * *',
    'yearly' => '0 0 1 1 *',
];

PostgreSQL

Coolify creates a full backup of your PostgreSQL databases. You can specify which database to backup, with a comma separated list.

Backup command

Terminal window
pg_dump --format=custom --no-acl --no-owner --username <username> <databaseName>

Restore command

The backup has custom format, so you can restore it using the following command (or with any equivalent tool):

Terminal window
pg_restore --verbose --clean -h localhost -U postgres -d postgres pg-dump-postgres-1697207547.dmp

MySQL

Terminal window
mysqldump -u root -p <password> <datatabaseName>

MariaDB

Terminal window
mariadb-dump -u root -p <password> <datatabaseName>

MongoDB

Terminal window
mongodump --authenticationDatabase=admin --uri=<uri> --gzip --archive=<archive>

Or if you exclude some collections:

Terminal window
mongodump --authenticationDatabase=admin --uri=<uri> --gzip --archive=<archive> --excludeCollection=<collectionName> --excludeCollection=<collectionName>

S3 Backups

You can also define your own S3 compatible storage to store your backups.