How to export the data in OpenEMR system for archiving?

Day-to-Day Users
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I want to export the data in my Open EMR system for archiving. I have installed OpenEMR in a AWS Linux System with MariaDB RDS in back end.
Can you suggest what is the best possible approach to export the contents of the OpenEMR system ( all records and files ) so that those can be archieved?

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You have 2 options

Option 1 (For non-technical audience)
You can visit Admin → System → Backup → “Create Backup” button. to download a full backup of the EMR. This contains the database and the source code + patient documents

Option 2 (slightly technical)
Setup a cronjob to backup the database and emr directory and transfer to a remote site or another directory. Use compressed backup options to save space

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Hello @Koushik welcome to the OpenEMR community and its forum!

OpenEMR is a FOSS project and a lot has been written on how to use the application.

To expand even more on @kkappiah 's solid basic suggestions one must remember that strictly speaking, the ‘best possible approach’ to archiving will depend on both your EMR’s environment and your technical capabilities. Several factors may affect the suitability of different approaches.

In this forum many have asked about archiving, and the abundant posts on the topic can be read in this forum search:

https://community.open-emr.org/search?q=archive

Additionally, the OpenEMR wiki has a lot to say on system backup/ archiving options:
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=backup+&go=Go

Good luck!

  • Harley
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Thanks for the help. We have installed the Open EMR as a container runnign inside the EC2. I can login to the Ec2 and go inside the Open EMR container. there I can see a Working Dircetory that contains all the Open EMR application files. “WorkingDir”: “/var/www/localhost/htdocs/openemr”,

However Where does all the files of Patient is uploaded? Do we have any specific directory or folder for that ? Please let us know.

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