Redis Backup & Restore
SAVE command is used to create a backup of a current Redis database. This command will create a dump.rdb file in your Redis directory by performing synchronous save.
Syntax
Return Value
The SAVE command returns OK after successful execution.
Redis Backup Example
Use the SAVE command to create a backup of the current database.
SAVE
It will create a dump.rdb file in your Redis directory.
You can see that the dump.rdb file is created.
Restore Redis Data
You have to move Redis backup file (dump.rdb) into your Redis directory and start the server to restore Redis data.
Use CONFIG command of Redis as shown below.
The Redis server is installed in the following directory.
“/var/lib/redis”
BGSAVE Command
There is an alternate command named BGSAVE which is used to create Redis backup.
This command will start the backup process and run this in the background.
Syntax
Example
