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Backup, Revert, Remove

Backup, restore, and destructive removal commands.

Backup, revert, remove

This page covers commands that read local or remote resources for backup, restore story backups, or delete remote resources.

backup

backup reads Storyblok resources and writes local JSON files.

Command forms

sb-mig backup components --all
sb-mig backup components accordion

sb-mig backup component-groups --all
sb-mig backup component-groups hero-group

sb-mig backup roles --all
sb-mig backup roles admin

sb-mig backup datasources --all
sb-mig backup datasources countries

sb-mig backup presets --all
sb-mig backup presets 123456

sb-mig backup component-presets --all
sb-mig backup component-presets --all --metadata
sb-mig backup component-presets accordion

sb-mig backup plugins --all
sb-mig backup plugins my-awesome-plugin

sb-mig backup stories --all

Options

Flag or argumentApplies toEffect
--allevery backup subcommandBack up all resources of that type.
resource name or IDevery backup subcommand except storiesBack up one named resource or preset ID.
--metadatacomponent-presets --allInclude selected package.json metadata in each component preset backup.

Resource output

SubcommandOutput folder or naming behavior
componentscomponents folder, with all-components or component-<name> prefix.
component-groupscomponent-groups folder.
rolesroles folder.
datasourcesdatasources folder.
presetspresets folder.
component-presetsConfigured component preset backup directory, default component-presets.
pluginsplugins folder.
storiesConfigured stories backup flow, default base all-stories-backup.

revert content

sb-mig revert content \
  --from prod-stories-backup \
  --to 12345

sb-mig revert content \
  --from prod-stories-backup \
  --to 12345 \
  --yes

revert content restores stories from a local story backup file into a target space.

Options

FlagTypeEffect
--fromstringLocal story backup file name to discover and load. This is not a source space ID.
--tostringTarget Storyblok space ID.
--yesbooleanSkip confirmation prompt.

Side effects

Before restoring, sb-mig writes a target-space story backup named like:

<target-space>--backup-before-revert.sb.stories

Restored stories are updated with publish:false; the command does not publish restored content and does not run migration configs.

remove

remove deletes remote resources. It does not write local backups unless you run a separate backup first.

components

sb-mig remove components --all
sb-mig remove components accordion accordion-item
FormEffect
remove components --allRemove all components from the configured Storyblok space.
remove components <component...>Remove only the provided component names.

story

sb-mig remove story --all --from 12345

Deletes all stories from the provided space. This path does not prompt for confirmation. Back up the space first if the data matters.

roles and datasources

sb-mig remove roles
sb-mig remove datasources

These subcommands are currently no-ops and only log a warning.

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