https://www.nico-maas.de/tags/restore/ Recent content in Restore on Nico Maas Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:00:41 +0000 https://www.nico-maas.de/posts/2016-12-06-docker-backup-restore-images/ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:00:41 +0000 https://www.nico-maas.de/posts/2016-12-06-docker-backup-restore-images/ <p>Images should be a kind of &ldquo;throw-away&rdquo; format: You got your Dockerfile, and as soon as you need to run a specific container, you should just built it from scratch: All the latest security updates, software versions - great. However, sometimes you got a bit of specialized stuff which you want to backup for later use.</p> <p>I found a good answer to that topic: <a class="link" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26707542/how-to-backup-restore-docker-image-for-deployment" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26707542/how-to-backup-restore-docker-image-for-deployment</a></p> <p>Backup:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>docker save myusername/myproject:latest | gzip -c &gt; myproject_img_bak20141103.tgz </code></pre><p>Restore:</p>