# Backup - out of disk space **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 10, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052 "2023-04-10T18:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kjsdnbifjud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@kjsdnbifjud](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kjsdnbifjud)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/1 "2023-04-10T18:05:55Z")
I deployed new gitea with rootless podman (+ postgres). I created one empty repository (readme + license). I attempted to backup gitea. Inside container I executed: `gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini` It failed with message: no space left on device When inspected the unfinished backup file, it was 18,5 GB in size… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gitea/original/2X/1/12fe978a042b0d87ae3b1db0631d06c3a9cb7fd6.png) Obviously I am missing something… Because this cannot be right. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jake](https://forum.gitea.com/u/jake)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/2 "2023-04-11T19:11:34Z")
My guess is it is entering an infinite loop of files and directories through a symbolic link. Are you able to list the files inside through something like `unzip -lv gitea-dump-xxx.zip`? If so, posting the result could help troubleshoot further (just the first thousandish lines would be OK). You can pipe it to a file as well to avoid terminal buffer limits `unzip -lv gitea-dump-xxx.zip > output.txt` ---
**Author:** ![kjsdnbifjud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@kjsdnbifjud](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kjsdnbifjud)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/3 "2023-04-12T15:42:56Z")
The zip file is damaged… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gitea/original/2X/6/6bf52d8683e8947d0998b2980ea46c2866231d97.png) ---
**Author:** ![kjsdnbifjud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@kjsdnbifjud](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kjsdnbifjud)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/4 "2023-04-12T15:43:30Z")
The backup file is created in `/var/lib/gitea` and not in `/tmp` - that is I think the problem. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gitea/original/2X/8/858daba2620c87bfb408fa9c4e0e8cd22717760b.png) ---
**Author:** ![kjsdnbifjud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@kjsdnbifjud](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kjsdnbifjud)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/5 "2023-04-12T15:44:11Z")
Default paths in container: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gitea/original/2X/1/1545be1727bbc90594064a8be82c029a299eb2a3.png) ---
**Author:** ![kjsdnbifjud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@kjsdnbifjud](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kjsdnbifjud)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/6 "2023-04-12T15:45:32Z")
I resolved the issue with mounting dedicated volume for backups and running: ```auto gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini -f /backup/backup.zip ``` I have limits on included media files… and number of posts per minute too… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jake](https://forum.gitea.com/u/jake)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/7 "2023-04-13T00:41:04Z")
No worries, glad you got it resolved! I think your hypothesis of the dump command trying to backup the dump zip is probably right. ---
**Author:** ![kumarmuthu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/kumarmuthu/32/4657_2.png) [@kumarmuthu](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kumarmuthu)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/8 "2024-05-02T12:04:09Z")
Hi, - I am also facing the same issue. I have a repo, it is just has readme file only. - I have tried both sudo -u git /usr/bin/gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini -f backup.zip and sudo -u git /usr/bin/gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini But still I am facing the same error. - I have created VM with 800GB memory space for root, then I installed gitea, but the gitea dump utilized the 96% memory space(751G). - Please explain more about **mounting dedicated volume for backups** - Please let me know yours gitea backup size, please share your system memory size. ```auto automation-gitea-clone:~$ df -hl Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on tmpfs 197M 1.3M 196M 1% /run /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 784G 751G 0 100% / tmpfs 982M 0 982M 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock /dev/sda2 2.0G 131M 1.7G 8% /boot /dev/sda1 1.1G 6.1M 1.1G 1% /boot/efi tmpfs 197M 4.0K 197M 1% /run/user/1000 ``` **Without -f :** ```auto automation-gitea-clone:/usr/bin/data$ sudo -u git /usr/bin/gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...dules/setting/log.go:331:initLogFrom() [I] Gitea Log Mode: Console(Console:info) 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...dules/setting/log.go:286:generateNamedLogger() [I] Router Log: Console(console:info) 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/setting/cache.go:75:loadCacheFrom() [I] Cache Service Enabled 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/setting/cache.go:90:loadCacheFrom() [I] Last Commit Cache Service Enabled 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...s/setting/session.go:74:loadSessionFrom() [I] Session Service Enabled 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...s/storage/storage.go:175:initAttachments() [I] Initialising Attachment storage with type: 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/attachments 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...s/storage/storage.go:165:initAvatars() [I] Initialising Avatar storage with type: 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/avatars 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...s/storage/storage.go:191:initRepoAvatars() [I] Initialising Repository Avatar storage with type: 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/repo-avatars 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...s/storage/storage.go:185:initLFS() [I] Initialising LFS storage with type: 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /var/lib/gitea/data/lfs 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...s/storage/storage.go:197:initRepoArchives() [I] Initialising Repository Archive storage with type: 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/repo-archive 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...s/storage/storage.go:207:initPackages() [I] Initialising Packages storage with type: 2024/05/02 04:58:50 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/packages 2024/05/02 04:58:50 cmd/dump.go:246:runDump() [I] Dumping local repositories... /var/lib/gitea/data/gitea-repositories 2024/05/02 04:58:50 cmd/dump.go:287:runDump() [I] Dumping database... 2024/05/02 04:58:50 cmd/dump.go:299:runDump() [I] Adding custom configuration file from /etc/gitea/app.ini 2024/05/02 04:58:50 cmd/dump.go:318:runDump() [I] Custom dir /usr/bin/custom doesn't exist, skipped 2024/05/02 04:58:50 cmd/dump.go:327:runDump() [I] Packing data directory.../usr/bin/data **Failed to include data directory: data/gitea-dump-1714625930.zip: copying contents: write gitea-dump-1714625930.zip: no space left on device** 2024/05/02 05:25:41 cmd/dump.go:162:fatal() [F] Failed to include data directory: data/gitea-dump-1714625930.zip: copying contents: write gitea-dump-1714625930.zip: no space left on device ``` **Used -f :** ```auto automation-gitea-clone:/usr/bin/data$ sudo -u git /usr/bin/gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini -f backup.zip 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...dules/setting/log.go:331:initLogFrom() [I] Gitea Log Mode: Console(Console:info) 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...dules/setting/log.go:286:generateNamedLogger() [I] Router Log: Console(console:info) 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/setting/cache.go:75:loadCacheFrom() [I] Cache Service Enabled 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/setting/cache.go:90:loadCacheFrom() [I] Last Commit Cache Service Enabled 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...s/setting/session.go:74:loadSessionFrom() [I] Session Service Enabled 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...s/storage/storage.go:175:initAttachments() [I] Initialising Attachment storage with type: 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/attachments 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...s/storage/storage.go:165:initAvatars() [I] Initialising Avatar storage with type: 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/avatars 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...s/storage/storage.go:191:initRepoAvatars() [I] Initialising Repository Avatar storage with type: 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/repo-avatars 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...s/storage/storage.go:185:initLFS() [I] Initialising LFS storage with type: 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /var/lib/gitea/data/lfs 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...s/storage/storage.go:197:initRepoArchives() [I] Initialising Repository Archive storage with type: 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/repo-archive 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...s/storage/storage.go:207:initPackages() [I] Initialising Packages storage with type: 2024/05/02 11:36:46 ...les/storage/local.go:45:NewLocalStorage() [I] Creating new Local Storage at /usr/bin/data/packages 2024/05/02 11:36:46 cmd/dump.go:246:runDump() [I] Dumping local repositories... /var/lib/gitea/data/gitea-repositories 2024/05/02 11:36:46 cmd/dump.go:287:runDump() [I] Dumping database... 2024/05/02 11:36:46 cmd/dump.go:299:runDump() [I] Adding custom configuration file from /etc/gitea/app.ini 2024/05/02 11:36:46 cmd/dump.go:318:runDump() [I] Custom dir /usr/bin/custom doesn't exist, skipped 2024/05/02 11:36:46 cmd/dump.go:327:runDump() [I] Packing data directory.../usr/bin/data Failed to include data directory: data/backup.zip: copying contents: write backup.zip: no space left on device 2024/05/02 12:02:27 cmd/dump.go:162:fatal() [F] Failed to include data directory: data/backup.zip: copying contents: write backup.zip: no space left on device ``` ```auto automation-gitea-clone:/usr/bin/data$ df -hl Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on tmpfs 197M 1.3M 196M 1% /run /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 784G 751G 0 100% / tmpfs 982M 0 982M 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock /dev/sda2 2.0G 131M 1.7G 8% /boot /dev/sda1 1.1G 6.1M 1.1G 1% /boot/efi tmpfs 197M 4.0K 197M 1% /run/user/1000 automation-gitea-clone:/usr/bin/data$ ls -lrt total 780082208 drwxrwxr-x 3 git git 4096 May 2 11:36 tmp drwxrwxr-x 2 git git 4096 May 2 11:36 repo-avatars drwxrwxr-x 2 git git 4096 May 2 11:36 repo-archive drwxrwxr-x 2 git git 4096 May 2 11:36 packages drwxrwxr-x 2 git git 4096 May 2 11:36 avatars drwxrwxr-x 2 git git 4096 May 2 11:36 attachments -rw-rw-r-- 1 git git 798804058112 May 2 12:02 backup.zip automation-gitea-clone:/usr/bin/data$ ``` Thanks ---
**Author:** ![kumarmuthu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/kumarmuthu/32/4657_2.png) [@kumarmuthu](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kumarmuthu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/9 "2024-05-06T05:25:14Z")
Works fine. ```auto sudo -H -u git /usr/bin/gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini -f /tmp/git_backup/gitea-dump.zip sudo -H -u git /usr/bin/gitea restore -c /etc/gitea/app.ini -f /tmp/gitea_restore ``` ---
**Author:** ![lunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/lunny/32/4701_2.png) [@lunny](https://forum.gitea.com/u/lunny)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/backup-out-of-disk-space/7052/10 "2024-05-06T10:28:07Z")