transport docker volume
##you can have following aliases in your .bashrc or .zshrc # backup files from a docker volume into /tmp/backup.tar.gz function docker-volume-backup-compressed() { docker run --rm -v /tmp:/backup --volumes-from "$1" debian:jessie tar -czvf /backup/backup.tar.gz "${@:2}" } # restore files from /tmp/backup.tar.gz into a docker volume function docker-volume-restore-compressed() { docker run --rm -v /tmp:/backup --volumes-from "$1" debian:jessie tar -xzvf /backup/backup.tar.gz "${@:2}" echo "Double checking files..." docker run --rm -v /tmp:/backup --volumes-from "$1" debian:jessie ls -lh "${@:2}" } # backup files from a docker volume into /tmp/backup.tar function docker-volume-backup() { docker run --rm -v /tmp:/backup --volumes-from "$1" busybox tar -cvf /backup/backup.tar "${@:2}" } # restore files from /tmp/backup.tar into a docker volume function docker-volume-restore() { docker run --rm -v /tmp:/backup --volumes-from "$1" busybox tar -xvf /backup/backup.tar "${@:2}" echo "Double checking files..." docker run --rm -v /tmp:/backup --volumes-from "$1" busybox ls -lh "${@:2}" } ##Note that the backup is saved into /tmp, so you can move the backup file saved there between docker hosts.
