Mastodon: Manual backups

Prepare the folder

1. Log in as root

2. cd /home/mastodon

3. mkdir backups

4. cd backups

Making the backup

1. Database (two steps)

   su - mastodon

   pg_dump -U mastodon mastodon_production -F t > DATE_FILENAME.tar

2. Settings file (two steps)

   exit

   cp /home/mastodon/live/.env.production /home/mastodon/backups/DATE_.env.production

3. Redis

   cp /var/lib/redis/dump.rdb /home/live/backups/DATE_dump.rdb

If you wish to backup your assets like images and stuff (User-uploaded files), backup the folder named “public/system”. Keep in mind that this folder can be rather large. Actually, it can become rather massive.