Firestore new database - How do I backup

Question

Does the google firestore database service provides a backup? If so, how do I backup the database and how do I restore in case of an error?

Answer 1

Update: It is now possible to backup and restore Firebase Firestore using Cloud Firestore managed export and import service

You do it by:

1. Create a Cloud Storage bucket for your project - Make sure it's a regional in us-central1 or 2 / multi regional type of bucket

2. Set up gcloud for your project using gcloud config set project [PROJECT_ID]

EXPORT

Export all by calling gcloud firestore export gs://[BUCKET_NAME] Or Export a specific collection using gcloud firestore export gs://[BUCKET_NAME] --collection-ids='[COLLECTION_ID_1]','[COLLECTION_ID_2]'

IMPORT

Import all by calling gcloud firestore import gs://[BUCKET_NAME]/[EXPORT_PREFIX]/ where [BUCKET_NAME] and [EXPORT_PREFIX] point to the location of your export files. For example - gcloud firestore import gs://exports-bucket/2017-05-25T23:54:39_76544/

Import a specific collection by calling: gcloud firestore import --collection-ids='[COLLECTION_ID_1]','[COLLECTION_ID_2]' gs://[BUCKET_NAME]/[EXPORT_PREFIX]/

Full instructions are available here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/export-import