# Dump and Restore

Handy commands for dumping and restoring Postgres databases.

:::info
Most of these commands are run using Docker as then we don't need to have Postgres installed locally.

If a different version of Postgres is needed, just change the version number in the Docker image tag.
:::

## Dumping a Database

```bash
docker run --network host --rm -v .:/tmp -e PGPASSWORD=mysecretpassword postgres:16 pg_dump -h localhost -U myuser -d mydb > /tmp/dump.sql
```

## Restoring a Database

```bash
docker run --network host --rm -v .:/tmp -e PGPASSWORD=mysecretpassword postgres:16 psql -h localhost -U myuser -d mydb < /tmp/dump.sql
```