Portainer backup and restore utility

Introduction

This node app backup and restore your Portainer stacks.

Current portainer API supported is 1.19.1

Installation

$ npm install

Usage

Backup

This command will create (or replace) a file named stacks-backup.json where all stacks with Total control from portainer will be saved. A backup file is mandatory to restore stacks, but it can be created by hand if you follow the backup format.

$ node . backup --url <URL> --login <LOGIN> --password <PWD>

Restore

This command will UPDATE the stacks on portainer.

$ node . update --url <URL> --login <LOGIN> --password <PWD>

This command will REMOVE then CREATE the stacks on portainer.

$ node . create --url <URL> --login <LOGIN> --password <PWD>

Backup format

[
  {
    "Name": "nginx",
    "SwarmID": "jpofkc0i9uo9wtx1zesuk649w",
    "StackFileContent": "version: 3\n services:\n web:\n image:nginx"
  },
  {
    "Name": "HelloWorld",
    "SwarmID": "jpofkc0i9uo9wtx1zesuk649w",
    "StackFileContent": "version: 3\n services:\n hello-world:\n image:hello-world"

  }
]