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Database backup and restore

Backup

Activate the virtual environment and run Django dumpdata

cd <path_inside_the_project_folder>
source venv/bin/activate

python manage.py dumpdata --natural-foreign --natural-primary -e contenttypes -e auth.Permission --indent 2 > ./data.json

Restore

Activate the virtual environment and run Django loaddata

cd <path_inside_the_project_folder>
source venv/bin/activate

python manage.py loaddata ./data.json

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