From 66e452f0675bcdb8efa29059f927e5c0cdee6b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leons Aleksandrovs <58330666+Skrazzo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:34:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add backup section

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 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22f4c98..b9d9761 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,3 +113,11 @@ If you want to run development version, you will need docker. Docker handles fro
 # Run development environment
 docker compose -f development.yml up --build
 ```
+
+## Backup
+
+By default database backup is stored inside of `/data` subfolder. To backup postgreSQL database, run:
+
+```sh
+sudo docker exec -t cover-letter-db pg_dumpall -c -U postgres > cover.bak.sql && gzip cover.bak.sql
+```