From 53869ac14abcf78d360c7bf8071ad7044494c7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Leuser <github@mleuser.de>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 21:38:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] recommend a better way of backing up postgres don't spawn an
 extra container run pg_dumpall within matrix-postgres instead, ensures
 correct version store under /matrix so a backup of the folder will contain a
 DB dump use absolute paths just in case something in the ENV is messed up

---
 docs/maintenance-postgres.md | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/maintenance-postgres.md b/docs/maintenance-postgres.md
index 50f5a55d4..a8eb6edff 100644
--- a/docs/maintenance-postgres.md
+++ b/docs/maintenance-postgres.md
@@ -51,15 +51,12 @@ ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=run-postgres-vacuum,start
 To make a back up of the current PostgreSQL database, make sure it's running and then execute a command like this on the server:
 
 ```bash
-docker run \
---rm \
---log-driver=none \
---network=matrix \
+/usr/bin/docker exec \
 --env-file=/matrix/postgres/env-postgres-psql \
-docker.io/postgres:13.1-alpine \
-pg_dumpall -h matrix-postgres \
+matrix-postgres \
+/usr/local/bin/pg_dumpall -h matrix-postgres \
 | gzip -c \
-> /postgres.sql.gz
+> /matrix/postgres.sql.gz
 ```
 
 If you are using an [external Postgres server](configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md), the above command will not work, because the credentials file (`/matrix/postgres/env-postgres-psql`) is not available.