Backup and restore

Protect your Aetheris installation — what to back up, how to schedule it, and how to recover.

What to back up

Data	Location	Required
PostgreSQL database	Data volume	✅ All business data
Application state	`aetheris-app` + `.env`	✅ Keep `.env`
Redis (AOF)	Redis data dir	Optional (zero-loss billing)
Uploads	App data volume	Depends on install

PostgreSQL is the single most important item — it contains accounts, nodes, servers, invoices, audit log and encrypted credentials.

Quick backup

# Docker
docker compose exec -T postgres pg_dump --username=aetheris --dbname=aetheris --format=custom > backup.dump
 
# Restore
cat backup.dump | docker compose exec -T postgres pg_restore --username=aetheris --dbname=aetheris --clean

Quick links

Backup runbooks — scheduled backups, restore procedures, disaster recovery