Just curious if there is an easy way to back up my docker-compose.yaml and .env files. I have the following directory structure for my containers:

-docker
  -<name of container>
    -.env
    -docker-compose.yml

I’d like to copy those two files for each container folder but no other subfolders that may also be in the container folder (config, data, etc). I’ve been trying to get my restic backups to do it but I just can’t figure it out.

Is there a better way? I’d like to have backups in case my entire server dies.___

  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    Check them into Git, but be cautious about credentials that might live in the env files that you don’t want to expose if you end up making the repo publicly available.

    • grimer@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      0·
      5 days ago

      In my particular case I only have a few .env files and they don’t have any credentials in them. This is mostly for the docker-compose files.

      • shadybraden@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        You can specify a folder in your files for configs, and a different one for the compose and env:

        - config
   - <container_config>
- docker
  - container 
      - compose.yml

        Edit: then you can map your volume not to ./config:/config but instead to /config/containerName:/config