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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion content/docs/deploy/docker-compose.mdx
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- keep your data directory on persistent storage
- place Memos behind a reverse proxy for HTTPS
- leave `MEMOS_INSTANCE_URL` empty for private mode, or set it to the canonical public URL to enable anonymous public access
- back up both the database and any local assets if you do not use database-backed attachment storage
- back up both the database and any local assets if you do not use database-backed attachment storage - see [Backup & Restore](/docs/operations/backup-restore) for how; with SQLite, copying `memos_prod.db` on its own while Memos is running misses everything still in its `-wal` file

## When to add more services

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neosmemo/memos:stable
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Because data is stored in the mounted volume, replacing the container is usually safe as long as you keep the same data directory and have backups.
Because data is stored in the mounted volume, replacing the container is usually safe as long as you keep the same data directory and have backups. See [Backup & Restore](/docs/operations/backup-restore) for what to back up and how.
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## What to back up

- the database itself
- the database itself - with SQLite, `memos_prod.db` together with its `-wal` and `-shm` files, or a copy made with `.backup` as below; on a running instance the newest rows are in the `-wal` until SQLite checkpoints them

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT

mkdir -p "$tmp/home/.memos" "$tmp/work"
HOME="$tmp/home" sqlite3 "$tmp/home/.memos/memos_prod.db" \
  'CREATE TABLE t(value); INSERT INTO t VALUES (1);'

(
  cd "$tmp/work"
  HOME="$tmp/home" sqlite3 "$tmp/home/.memos/memos_prod.db" \
    ".backup ~/.memos/memos_backup.db"
)

test -f "$tmp/home/.memos/memos_backup.db"

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Use a shell-expanded backup destination.

The .backup command receives ~/.memos/memos_backup.db as a literal path because the invoking shell does not expand ~ inside the quoted argument. Use $HOME or an absolute path for the backup destination.

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In `@content/docs/operations/backup-restore.mdx` at line 20, Update the SQLite
.backup example in the backup and restore documentation to use $HOME or an
absolute destination path instead of a quoted path containing ~, ensuring the
shell-independent destination resolves to the intended backup location.

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- local attachment storage when attachments are not stored in the database
- deployment configuration such as environment variables, compose files, and proxy config

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