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# Export local database and files
## Recommended method : via CLI
### Database
Once connected in CLI on your server hosting your database, run the following commands:
```
mysqldump -u myuser -p myglpibase > mydump.sql
tar -czf mydump.sql.tar.gz mydump.sql
```
### Files
Perform an archive of the files folder using the command below (keeping the exclusion of the mentioned folders):
tar --exclude="_cache" --exclude="_cron" --exclude="_dumps" --exclude="_graphs" --exclude="_lock" --exclude="_log" --exclude="_rss" --exclude="_sessions" --exclude="_tmp" --exclude="_uploads" -zcvf files.tar.gz files/
If you use a method other than the one mentioned, we invite you to exclude from compression the folders cited below, from the files folders:
* **`_cache`**
* **`_cron`**
* **`_dumps`**
* **`_graphs`**
* **`_lock`**
* **`_log`**
* **`_rss`**
* **`_sessions`**
* **`_tmp`**
* **`_uploads`**
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## Alternative method: graphical tool (HeidiSQL)
If you are not comfortable with command lines, you can use a graphical tool like HeidiSQL which we recommend here to build your dump.
Follow all the steps in this guide to make sure the dump is complete and well built!
* Connect HediSQL to your database
* Once connected to your database, right click on it.
* Click on **`Export database to SQL`** (graphical tool)
In the export tool, make sure that **only** your database is selected.
* Check **`Create in Table(s)`**
* Choose **`INSERT`** in Data
* Choose **`.sql file compressed in ZIP`** in the Destination
* Name your file
* Click on **`Export`**
## Not recommended
* Export via **PHPMYADMIN** : most of the time, dumps are incomplete, with syntax errors, change undesired variable, etc.
* **Maintenance menu of GLPI** : Legacy feature, dumps export is incomplete
* **Powershell** : most of the time, dumps is done with non-standard encoding
[^1]: modify the path to your folder if necessary
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