[keycloak-dev] Using export and import for backup and restore

[Stian Thorgersen]

Export/import using JSON has a few significant disadvantages:

* It's very very slow
* It can not provide a consistent snapshot unless all writes are stopped
during the export

With that regards I very much doubt it would be the ideal solution.

One question though can't backup be performed at the DB level, and then be
a requirement on the DB operator rather than the Keycloak operator?

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 15:22, Sebastian Laskawiec <slaskawi at redhat.com>
wrote:

> Hey,
>
> In the next few days we'll be looking into implementing backup and restore
> functionality for the Keycloak Operator. One of the options we are
> considering, is using an export/import functionality. An Operator could
> export all realms into a JSON file and put it somewhere in a Persistent
> Volume.
>
> I was wondering, what do you think about this approach? Are there any
> guarantees around export/import functionality (especially with the regards
> to its format)? Also, would it work for exporting JSON file from Keycloak
> and importing it to RHSSO?
>
> Thanks,
> Sebastian
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