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qc backup

Manage backups for the active environment. Quant Cloud supports two backup types: database (default) and filesystem. For a walkthrough including restore patterns, see the backups guide.

Subcommands

Section titled “Subcommands”
Command Description
qc backup list List available backups.
qc backup create Create a new backup.
qc backup download Download a backup to local disk.
qc backup delete Delete a backup.

All backup subcommands accept --org, --app, --env, and --platform overrides, plus a --type flag that selects database (default) or filesystem.

qc backup list

Section titled “qc backup list”

List available backups for the active environment.

Synopsis

Section titled “Synopsis”
Terminal window
qc backup list [options]

Options

Section titled “Options”
Flag Description Default
--type <type> Backup type: database or filesystem. database
--json Output as JSON (machine-readable). —
--org <org> Override organization. —
--app <app> Override application. —
--env <env> Override environment. —
--platform <platform> Override platform. —

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Terminal window
# Database backups (default)
qc backup list


# Filesystem backups
qc backup list --type filesystem


# JSON for scripting
qc backup list --json

qc backup create

Section titled “qc backup create”

Create a new backup of the active environment.

Synopsis

Section titled “Synopsis”
Terminal window
qc backup create [options]

Options

Section titled “Options”
Flag Description Default
--type <type> Backup type: database or filesystem. database
--description <description> Human-readable description for the backup. —
--org <org> Override organization. —
--app <app> Override application. —
--env <env> Override environment. —
--platform <platform> Override platform. —

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Terminal window
# Database backup with description
qc backup create --description "Pre-migration snapshot"


# Filesystem backup
qc backup create --type filesystem --description "Before plugin upgrade"

qc backup download

Section titled “qc backup download”

Download a backup to the local filesystem.

Synopsis

Section titled “Synopsis”
Terminal window
qc backup download [backupId] [options]

Arguments

Section titled “Arguments”
Name Description
backupId The ID of the backup to download.

Options

Section titled “Options”
Flag Description Default
--type <type> Backup type: database or filesystem. database
--output <path> Output directory. ./downloads
--org <org> Override organization. —
--app <app> Override application. —
--env <env> Override environment. —
--platform <platform> Override platform. —

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Terminal window
# Download to ./downloads
qc backup download abc123


# Download to a specific path
qc backup download abc123 --output ~/backups/

qc backup delete

Section titled “qc backup delete”

Delete a backup.

Synopsis

Section titled “Synopsis”
Terminal window
qc backup delete [options]

Options

Section titled “Options”
Flag Description Default
--type <type> Backup type: database or filesystem. database
--org <org> Override organization. —
--app <app> Override application. —
--env <env> Override environment. —
--platform <platform> Override platform. —

Example

Section titled “Example”
Terminal window
qc backup delete

See also

Section titled “See also”
  • Backups guide — end-to-end backup and restore flows.
  • qc env — manage the environments backups belong to.