Appsmithctl

Appsmith comes with an appsmithctl command line utility. You can use it for managing and maintaining your Appsmith instance.
appsmithctl <subcommand> <options>
Subcommands
Subcommands allow you to trigger different operations like exporting or importing databases.
Subcommand
Description
--help
Show help.
​ex, export_db​
Export internal database.
​im, import_db​
Import internal database.
mi, migrate
Migrate to a new server.
crs, check_replica_set
Check Replica Set MongoDB.
​backup​
Create a backup of the Appsmith instance.
​restore​
Restore the Appsmith instance from a backup.
With Business Edition, you can also sync the backups to an AWS S3 bucket.
Export Database
Use the following command to backup Appsmith's database.
You can restore the backups onto another instance using the import command to restore data.
ex, export_db
Before running this, ensure you are in the directory where docker-compose.yml is located.
docker-compose exec appsmith appsmithctl export_db
The output file will be stored in the container directory /appsmith-stacks/data/backup/appsmith-data.archive. Thanks to the volume configuration in the docker-compose.yml file, it should be available on your host machine at ./stacks/data/backup/appsmith-data.archive.
If your volume configuration is different or unavailable, you can use the following command to copy the archive file to your host disk:
docker cp appsmith:/appsmith-stacks/data/backup/appsmith-data.archive .
You may want to save the docker.env file in addition to this archive file if you intend to be able to reproduce this environment elsewhere in case of a disaster,
The docker.env file can be copied from the container with the following command:
docker cp appsmith:/appsmith-stacks/configuration/docker.env .
Please save the encryption environment variables APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD and APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_SALTvalues, from docker.env because the backup archive does not include them for security reasons.
Import Database
The following command can restore the backup archive created by the export command.
im, import_db
First, copy the archive file into the container using the following command:
docker cp ./appsmith-data.archive appsmith:/appsmith-stacks/data/restore/
Second, run the following command to import data from this file:
docker-compose exec appsmith appsmithctl import_db
You may also want to copy the docker.env from the original instance into this one when you restore.
Copy the docker.env file using the below command:
If you are in the installation folder and docker.env exists in the same folder. If not, please append the path where the file resides to the below command.
docker cp ./docker.env appsmith:/appsmith-stacks/configuration/
Restart the Appsmith server using the following command:
docker-compose exec appsmith supervisorctl restart backend
Backup Appsmith Instance
Use the following command to create a backup archive of the Appsmith instance. The backup includes the database, docker.env data, and Git data.
backup
Use the command to backup the archive.
The backed-up archive can then be used to restore an Appsmith instance to the previous state using the restore command.
Before running this, ensure you are in the docker host root directory where docker-compose.yml is located.
docker-compose exec appsmith appsmithctl backup
The archive file will be stored in the container directory /appsmith-stacks/data/backup/. Thanks to the volume configuration in the docker-compose.yml file, it should be available on your host machine at ./stacks/data/backup/
Please save the encryption env values, APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD and APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_SALT, from docker.env because the backup archive does not include them for security reasons
Optional arguments for backup
Sync Backup (only for Business Edition)
appsmithctl backup --upload-to-s3
You can choose to sync backups to an AWS S3 bucket (only for Business Edition).
Add the below entries to the docker.env file to enable the sync:
APPSMITH_BACKUP_S3_ACCESS_KEY=<aws access key> 
APPSMITH_BACKUP_S3_SECRET_KEY=<aws secret key>
APPSMITH_BACKUP_S3_BUCKET_NAME=<bucket name> 
APPSMITH_BACKUP_S3_REGION=<aws bucket region>
Use the --upload-to-s3 option for the backup command. The backup command reads bucket details set in the environment variables above and uploads the backup to it.
Once configured correctly, the restore command automatically lists the backups in the bucket and the local backups in the CLI menu.
Restore Appsmith instance
The following command can be used to restore an Appsmith instance from a backup archive.
restore
docker-compose exec appsmith appsmithctl restore
The command first lists all the backup archives in the directory /appsmith-stacks/data/backup/ in ascending/chronological order (the most recent backup archive at the bottom).
You may see a warning if you restore an instance with an older Appsmith version. You can follow the instructions to update the docker-compose.yml file with the correct Appsmith image corresponding to the instance to be restored.
Enter the index of the corresponding backup archive you want to use to restore.
Command Line Interface :appsmithctl restore
In the restored instance, you may use the existing encryption environment variables APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD and APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_SALT of the current Appsmith instance. You can also choose to add the corresponding variables to the backed-up instance.
Restore option to use existing encryption values

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Subcommands

Export Database

ex, export_db

Import Database

im, import_db

Backup Appsmith Instance

backup

Restore Appsmith instance

restore

Subcommands

Export Database

`ex`, `export_db`

Import Database

`im`, `import_db`

Backup Appsmith Instance

backup

Optional arguments for backup

Sync Backup (only for Business Edition)

Restore Appsmith instance

`restore`