No Backup Option

Self-Hosted | v5
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Version ie <v5.11.73-C125>

Environment <Docker/Synology>

Checklist

  • Can you replicate the issue on our v5 demo site https://demo.invoiceninja.com or Invoice Ninja? No
  • Have you searched existing issues? Yes
  • Have you inspected the logs in storage/logs/laravel.log for any errors? Yes

Describe the bug

I do not have the option to Backup my instance with my environment

Steps To Reproduce

N/A

Expected Behavior

I want the button there so that I can backup my invoiceninja environment.

Additional context

No sure if it’s relevant but when I try to use the export option with a JSON it crashes the container completely.

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Hi,

For selfhost backups we recommend using mysqldump, make sure to also copy the .env file.

The JSON backup is useful is you want to transfer just the settings or move data to the hosted platform.