Database Backups #

Bugs may occasionally cause issues with jfa-go, and occasionally these issues are destructive. A built-in backup feature has been added to help mitigate any damage.

Visit Settings > Backups to enable scheduled backups, set the frequency of the backups (every n minutes), and the number of most recent backups to keep.

List backups #

Press the “Backups” button at the top of Settings. A list of all stored backups will be shown.

Manually make a backup #

Press the “Backups” button, and press “Backup Now” in the window that appears.

Restore from a backup #

From the Web UI #

Press the “Backups” button.

• If the .bak file you wish to use is available in jfa-go, locate it and press the red “Restore” button to its right.
• If the .bak file is located on your device, press “Upload Backup” and select it.

The restore should only take a few seconds. Refresh the page to see the result.

From the console #

In case your jfa-go won’t start, you can restore backups through the command line.

If you haven’t got a .bak file, you should be able to find them in <your data directory>/backups, for example:

• Linux: ~/.config/jfa-go/backups,
• Windows: C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\jfa-go\backups,
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/jfa-go/backups
• Docker: /data/backups

Once you’ve found a file, simply run <your usual jfa-go start command> -restore <bak file path>. The application will start normally after the restore has completed.