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How to clone my app directory and files to local machine ?

I need to copy all of my app directory and files to local machine but cannot find a way to do so. Is there such an option ?

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alexdo
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• May 12, 2023

Heya,

Assuming that your source-code was deployed from a GitHub/GitLab repository you can download the files from GitHub/GitLab by cloning the repository on your local machine.

If you need to backup your App Platform’s data, consider using Managed Database or Spaces to store your data, then you can easily download your data from those services.

For more information, please refer to the App Platform documentation.

Hope that this helps!

KFSys
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• May 11, 2023

Hey @6150608e10bf4ecd8c466bd4379d9b,

I see this has been talked about here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-get-files-from-app-platform

App Platform uses ephemeral filesystems so on each deploy all changes that happen during that deployment are lost.

Two options you could try are:

  1. Add a HTTP route on your app that lets you download the file (make sure this route is secured).
  2. Upload your file to DigitalOcean Spaces and then download them to your dev machine (or wherever you need the data).

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