mailcow-dockerized-docs/docs/backup_restore/b_n_r-backup_restore-mysql.en.md

Backup

=== "docker compose (Plugin)"

``` bash
cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized
source mailcow.conf
DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
docker compose exec -T mysql-mailcow mysqldump --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} > backup_${DBNAME}_${DATE}.sql
```

=== "docker-compose (Standalone)"

``` bash
cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized
source mailcow.conf
DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
docker-compose exec -T mysql-mailcow mysqldump --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} > backup_${DBNAME}_${DATE}.sql
```

Restore

!!! warning === "docker compose (Plugin)" You should redirect the SQL dump without docker compose to prevent parsing errors.

=== "docker-compose (Standalone)"

    You should redirect the SQL dump without `docker-compose` to prevent parsing errors.

cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized
source mailcow.conf
docker exec -i $(docker compose ps -q mysql-mailcow) mysql -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} < backup_file.sql