Exporting and importing data

The YDB CLI contains a set of commands designed to export and import data and descriptions of data schema objects. Data can be exported to create backups for subsequent recovery and for other purposes.

• The export file structure is used for exporting data both to the file system and S3-compatible object storage.

• Exporting data to the file system using tools dump

• Importing data from the file system using tools restore

• Connecting to and authenticating with S3-compatible object storage

• Exporting data to S3-compatible object storage using export s3

• Data import from S3-compatible object storage using import s3