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Back up your Dradis Pro Docker instance

Run all commands from the Docker host as your user (e.g. deployer), from the Dradis installation directory (where compose.yaml lives).

Back up the credentials first. The credentials directory holds the encryption keys that protect your data. Without them, database and storage backups cannot be decrypted. If these keys are lost, all encrypted data is unrecoverable.

Backing up

Step 1: Back up credentials and storage

docker exec app tar czf - -C /dradispro/config/credentials . > backups/dradis-credentials.tar.gz
docker exec app tar czf - -C /dradispro/storage . > backups/dradis-storage.tar.gz
docker exec app tar czf - -C /dradispro/storage/public . > backups/dradis-storage-public.tar.gz
docker exec app tar czf - -C /dradispro/public/assets . > backups/dradis-assets.tar.gz

Step 2: Back up the database

Source your .env file first so the password variable is available, then run mysqldump inside the db container:

source .env && docker exec db mysqldump -u root -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" --hex-blob --single-transaction --quick dradis_production > backups/mysql-$(date +%F).sql

Restoring from a backup

Before restoring from a backup, make sure your containers are not running.

Step 1: Restore credentials and storage

docker exec -i app tar xzf - -C /dradispro/config/credentials --touch < backups/dradis-credentials.tar.gz
docker exec -i app tar xzf - -C /dradispro/storage --touch < backups/dradis-storage.tar.gz
docker exec -i app tar xzf - -C /dradispro/storage/public --touch < backups/dradis-storage-public.tar.gz
docker exec -i app tar xzf - -C /dradispro/public/assets --touch < backups/dradis-assets.tar.gz

Step 2: Restore the database

source .env && docker exec -i db mysql -u root -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" dradis_production < backups/mysql-<date>.sql

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Last updated by Aaron on 2026-06-08

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