forgejo_backup

Simple base set of scripts to init, backup, restore your forgejo server

You want a lightweight git hosting on your own Linux server?
Forgejo + PostgreSQL in Docker is perfect for that — low resources, fast, open-source.

Repo goal: make setup, backup and restore easier.

Tested on ALT Server and WSL2 with Ubuntu

The setup assumes two Docker containers:

• forgejo (you name it)
• postgres (you name it)

Repository Contents

Script	Purpose
backup_forgejo.sh	Create full Forgejo dump + rotation backups
restore_forgejo.sh	Restore from ZIP dump (DB + files)

Backup Forgejo (backup_forgejo.sh)

Creates a full forgejo dump ZIP file and copies it to the host

Usage

./backup_forgejo.sh [OPTIONS]

Options:
--container NAME     Docker container name (default: forgejo_serv)
--backup-dir PATH    Where to store backups (default: /home/gelez/backups)
--config-path PATH   Path to app.ini inside container (default: /data/gitea/conf/app.ini)
--user USER          Run dump as this user (default: git)
--keep-days DAYS     Delete backups older than N days (default: 7)
--monthly-keep       Keep backups from the 1st day of each month (default: yes)
-h, --help           Show help

Example

./backup_forgejo.sh --container forgejo_serv --backup-dir /your/backup/path/for/forgejo

Daily backup file: 18-02-2026-forgejo.zip

Old forgejo backup files are automatically deleted (except monthly ones on the 1st) (check --monthly-keep).

Add to cron

Dont forget to make it executable chmod +x backup_forgejo.sh and setup to cron (change paths to your own ones):

(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "@daily /path/to/backup_forgejo.sh >> /var/log/backup_forgejo.log 2>&1") | crontab -

Dont like those scripts?

You maybe right... just copy data folder that linked to the container... then pgdump postgres ... and rsync

Or maybe something else, check this out