# Edge Docker DB file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-docker-db-file/111646>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 22, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-docker-db-file/111646 "2025-10-22T12:25:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nabila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/43a26b/32.png) [@nabila](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nabila)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-docker-db-file/111646/1 "2025-10-22T12:25:22Z")

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i am running IgnitionEdge 8.3 , i would like to know the local db folder to mounted outside the container , is it /ignition/data/metricsdb ?

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-docker-db-file/111646/2 "2025-10-22T13:46:25Z")

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If you're running Ignition on Docker, you'll typically persist `/usr/local/bin/ignition/data` as a volume.

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**Author:** ![nabila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/43a26b/32.png) [@nabila](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nabila)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-docker-db-file/111646/3 "2025-10-22T13:55:42Z")

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i mean , getting Edge Historian backup file , incase of reacreat the image again and we need the last historian backup

i would like to get the edge local db backup file