Create & Restore docker volumes snapshots

• Exchange persistent data across team members to reduce project onboarding time.
• Back up volumes when switching workstations.
• If you manage storage solutions (e.g., MongoDB, OpenSearch, Postgres) using Docker volumes, backing up and restoring data is easy.

The dvs binary is present inside the archive.

• If you are on Windows, enable linux container support before using dvs (this should however be enabled by default).

Extract the dvs executable and run it to verify that you see the following output.

A tool to create and restore snapshots of Docker volumes.

Usage:
  dvs [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  create      Create snapshot file from docker volume
  help        Help about any command
  restore     Restore snapshot file to docker volume

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for dvs

Use "dvs [command] --help" for more information about a command.

dvs create <source_volume> <destination_file>

Example

dvs create my_volume my_volume.tar.gz

dvs restore <snapshot_file> <destination_volume>

Example:

dvs restore my_volume.tar.gz my_volume

dvs is the cross platform port for docker-volume-snapshot, originally created by Juned Khatri.