Exporting and importing data
The YDB CLI contains a set of commands designed to export and import data and descriptions of data schema objects. Data can be exported to create backups for subsequent recovery and for other purposes.
- The export file structure is used for exporting data both to the file system and S3-compatible object storage.
- Exporting data to the file system using
tools dump - Importing data from the file system using
tools restore - Connecting to and authenticating with S3-compatible object storage
- Exporting data to S3-compatible object storage using
export s3 - Importing data from S3-compatible object storage using
import s3