# Xtrabackup in docker container

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**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [March 4, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-in-docker-container/28914 "2024-03-04T04:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![linch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@linch](https://forums.percona.com/u/linch)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-in-docker-container/28914/1 "2024-03-04T04:20:54Z")

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Backup is working fine, but how could I get backup files from Xtrabackup container?  
Using -v parameter breaks backup, because directory /backup has root privileges, but Xtrabackup hasn’t.  
Any advise?

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yalovets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/vadim_yalovets/32/43_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yalovets](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vadim_Yalovets)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-in-docker-container/28914/2 "2024-03-04T08:02:02Z")

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Hi @linch

Have you followed steps that are provided in the next documentation?

> **[Percona XtraBackup - Restore the backup](https://docs.percona.com/percona-xtrabackup/8.0/quickstart-restore-backup.html)**
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> The following steps describe how to restore your backup to another Percona Server container and check whether the data is available.