[Question] Backup cloud into my local server

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We have now created :

  • A local Weaviate running in Docker on my PC.

  • A docker-compose.yml that enables filesystem backups and maps them to Desktop\weaviate-local\backups

But our Cloud data is still in Weaviate Cloud. I need to export / back it up there first.

We now need Weaviate Cloud support to create a backup for you

Please help me export all my data so I can restore it locally.

Ideally, I need:

  • A filesystem backup or

  • A full JSON export of all objects and collections.

I’m not technical, so if possible, please either:

  • Give me a downloadable backup archive I can put into my local backups folder, or

  • guide a helper on how to use the backup API to create a backup from my Cloud instance.

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Hi @Brinda_Lashkari ! Welcome to our community!!

You can migrate your data using our migration guide:

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Hi @Brinda_Lashkari,

I’d actually recommend just re-reading the data rather than using the backup system. Here’s why the backup was created on the cloud with specific cloud configurations, so even if you tried to restore it locally, it wouldn’t work properly. The backup processes are just different between systems and it can get really complicated.

Doing a fresh read of the data is actually going to be the fastest and safest way to go.

You can run this script from my GitHub repo:
https://github.com/Shah91n/WeaviateDB-Docs-Snippets-Python-Client/blob/main/Migration_Scripts/general_migration.ipynb

Just update the connection line of the code to read from your cloud cluster and point the target to your local cluster (make sure you have the local connection set up in the script).

Should take max 5 minutes and your data will be loaded!

Best,
Mohamed Shahin
Weaviate Admin, Support Engineer
(Ireland, UTC±00:00/+01:00)