Backups

Your YAMS configuration is located in your YAMS install directory.

Create a backup

For the purposes of this tutorial, I’ll assume your YAMS install directory is /opt/yams, and that you want to create a backup on your ~ directory.

First, go to the YAMS install directory and do a ls. You should see the config folder right there:

$ cd /opt/yams/
/opt/yams$ ls

# Output
config  docker-compose.yaml

To create a backup, just run:

/opt/yams/config$ tar -czvf ~/yams-backup.tar.gz config/*

tar is going to compress and create a .tar.gz file called yams-backup.tar.gz on the ~ directory.

Remember you should store your backups in a secure location!

Restore a backup

For the purposes of this tutorial, I’ll assume your YAMS install directory is /opt/yams, and that the backup is located in ~/yams-backup.tar.gz.

To restore a backup, first stop YAMS:

$ yams stop

Then, go to your YAMS install directory and delete everything inside the config folder.

$ cd /opt/yams
/opt/yams$ rm -r config/*

Now, untar the backup file on your YAMS install directory.

/opt/yams$ tar -xzvf ~/yams-backup.tar.gz

If you see all the folders inside the config directory, it means it worked!

/opt/yams$ ls config

# Output
bazarr  emby  gluetun  prowlarr  qbittorrent  radarr  sonarr

Finally, restart YAMS

/opt/yams$ yams start

Everything should be running as expected, with your backup up and running!