It is possible to backup a Swarm configuration store, which by default is stored at /var/lib/docker/swarm any Docker host acting as a manager node.
This directory must be exported or stored externally to ensure you can restore the Swarm configuration in the event of a failure, obviously it would be best to have multiple Swarm managers in the cluster to ensure high availability. However this will not protect against corruption to the configuration.
sudo systemctl stop docker - 1st stop the Docker service so that no new writes are being committed.
sudo tar -zvcf backup.tar.gz /var/lib/docker/swarm - this command outputs the directory to a tar zip.
The taz zip file is stored in the working directory. You could of course setup up an automated job with something like cron to take out the manual intervention required to achieve this.
sudo systemctl stop docker //stops Docker on the host to allow a restore
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker/swarm/* //deletes the existing data in the Swarm directory
sudo tar -zxvf backup.tar.gz -C /var/lib/docker/swarm/ //unzip tar zip to the directory
sudo systemctl start docker //restart Docker
The Docker Swarm config has now been restored to the Docker host.
This directory must be exported or stored externally to ensure you can restore the Swarm configuration in the event of a failure, obviously it would be best to have multiple Swarm managers in the cluster to ensure high availability. However this will not protect against corruption to the configuration.
sudo systemctl stop docker - 1st stop the Docker service so that no new writes are being committed.
sudo tar -zvcf backup.tar.gz /var/lib/docker/swarm - this command outputs the directory to a tar zip.
The taz zip file is stored in the working directory. You could of course setup up an automated job with something like cron to take out the manual intervention required to achieve this.
sudo systemctl stop docker //stops Docker on the host to allow a restore
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker/swarm/* //deletes the existing data in the Swarm directory
sudo tar -zxvf backup.tar.gz -C /var/lib/docker/swarm/ //unzip tar zip to the directory
sudo systemctl start docker //restart Docker
The Docker Swarm config has now been restored to the Docker host.
