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[http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-couchdb-user/200808.mbox/%3c32800028-9286-47C8-82A5-1ECC25667FDA@apache.org%3e Couch-users discussion from Damien Katz - August 2008]: [[http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-couchdb-user/200808.mbox/%3c32800028-9286-47C8-82A5-1ECC25667FDA@apache.org%3e|Couch-users discussion from Damien Katz - August 2008]]:
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For example, here are the directories to backup for a [http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/InstallingOnUbuntu CouchDB install on Ubuntu]: For example, here are the directories to backup for a [[http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/InstallingOnUbuntu|CouchDB install on Ubuntu]]:

There are three types of variable data files to backup:

  • Database files
  • Configuration files
  • Log files

Couch-users discussion from Damien Katz - August 2008: 

Actually, you can copy a live database file from the OS at anytime without problem. Doesn't matter if its being updated, or even if its being compacted, the CouchDB never-overwrite storage format ensures it should just work without issue.

For all platforms, locate your database, configuration, and log files and perform a filesystem copy. Be careful to preserve file permissions, too. Archive these files to wherever you want-- ideally on a different machine in a different physical location -- with appropriate security limiting access.

For example, here are the directories to backup for a CouchDB install on Ubuntu:

  • Configuration: /usr/local/etc/couchdb/
  • Database files: /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb/
  • Logs: /usr/local/var/log/couchdb/

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