How to Back-up the docker-compose.yaml file of a CasaOS app via SSH or CLI

How to Back-up the docker-compose.yaml file of a CasaOS app via SSH or CLI.md

Generating the docker-compose.yaml file:

1. Retrieve the app id of the target CasaOS app you wanted to back-up the docker-compose.yaml:

You can do this by opening the app settings of the target app, and at the top of the settings window, it should show the app's id:

In the sample screenshot above, the app id of the app I want to backup is linuxserver-plex.

2.) You can then run the following command to generate the docker-compose.yaml file of that app including every settings:

casaos-cli app-management show local <app_id> --yaml > /target/output/path/docker-compose.yml

Replace the <app_id> with the corresponding app id.

For example:

casaos-cli app-management show local linuxserver-plex --yaml > /target/output/path/docker-compose.yml

This should create a docker-compose.yaml at the target path, in this example it's /target/output/path/. It's completely up to you where you want to save the file.

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Re-installing the docker-compose.yaml file:

You can restore the app using this docker-compose.yaml file, by installing it via the CasaOS UI or using the following command:

casaos-cli app-management install -f /target/output/path/docker-compose.yaml

There are all in /var/lib/casaos/apps