Database Operations

This page explains how to import/export on the AliasVault server database via Docker commands.

Database Export

In order to backup the AliasVault server database (which includes all encrypted user vaults as well), you can use the following command. Run this command from the directory where your AliasVault docker-compose.yml is located.

$ docker compose exec aliasvault pg_dump -U aliasvault aliasvault > backup.sql

Database Import

To restore a previously exported database, you can use the following snippet. Run these commands from the directory where your AliasVault docker-compose.yml is located.

# Drop database first (warning: this can't be undone!)
docker compose exec -T aliasvault psql -U postgres -d postgres -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS aliasvault WITH (FORCE);"

# Create new empty database
docker compose exec -T aliasvault psql -U postgres -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE aliasvault OWNER aliasvault;"

# Import backup
docker compose exec -T aliasvault psql -U aliasvault aliasvault < backup.sql