Backup & Disaster Recovery

Frappe provides built-in backup and restore commands via bench. ALWAYS back up before updates, migrations, or any destructive operation. A backup that has never been test-restored is NOT a backup.

Quick Reference

# Database-only backup (default)
bench backup

# Full backup with public + private files
bench backup --with-files

# Backup specific site
bench --site mysite.com backup --with-files

# Backup with compression (.tgz instead of .tar)
bench backup --with-files --compress