<p>You seem to be confused a bit about how Firestore stores data and what Google is suggesting you do.</p>

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  <p>What is the problem? You are backing up a bucket inside other bucket.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is not correct.  Firestore stores its data inside some sort of mostly opaque database format.  If you are copying this out to a GCS bucket, that really <em>is</em> an export into a different storage medium and a different format.</p>

<p>That being said, it's still reasonable that you might want to keep your data backups outside of Google (although GCS has <a href="https://cloud.google.com/storage/sla" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a good SLA</a>).  To do that, after you've exported your Firestore data to a GCS bucket, use <a href="https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the gsutil utility</a> to copy that bucket down:</p>

<pre><code>gsutil cp -r gs://your-bucket-name .
</code></pre>

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Xiong Chiamiov
<p>I use Firebase.
If you want to backup a Firebase bucket, they recommend doing this: <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/export-import" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/export-import</a></p>

<p>What is the problem? You are backing up a bucket inside other bucket.
I want to backup my bucket in an external device. I just want to download all my bucket content (or a folder inside that bucket) as a zip file, and save it in my awesome pendrive.</p>

<p>Is there a way to do it? I could not find a way to:
1. Download a bucket as a file in my computer
2. Or, download a folder that is inside a bucket.</p>

<p>How I'm currently doing the backup? Running this in the Google Cloud console</p>

<pre><code>gcloud beta firestore export gs://my-product-name-backup/12-31-2018 --collection-ids=users,problems,seeds,feeback
</code></pre>

<p>So, my bucket is called <code>my-product-name-backup</code>. I'm OK with downloading the whole bucket, or just a folder (for example: <code>my-product-name-backup/03-03-2019</code>)</p>

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Download Google Cloud Bucket as a file (zip)
Broda Noel
# Download Google Cloud Bucket as a file (zip)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-04)

I use Firebase.
If you want to backup a Firebase bucket, they recommend doing this: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/export-import
What is the problem? You are backing up a bucket inside other bucket.
I want to backup my bucket in an external device. I just want to download all my bucket content (or a folder inside that bucket) as a zip file, and save it in my awesome pendrive.
Is there a way to do it? I could not find a way to:
1. Download a bucket as a file in my computer
2. Or, download a folder that is inside a bucket.
How I'm currently doing the backup? Running this in the Google Cloud console
gcloud beta firestore export gs://my-product-name-backup/12-31-2018 --collection-ids=users,problems,seeds,feeback

So, my bucket is called my-product-name-backup. I'm OK with downloading the whole bucket, or just a folder (for example: my-product-name-backup/03-03-2019)

**Tags:** google-cloud-platform, backup


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-07. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You seem to be confused a bit about how Firestore stores data and what Google is suggesting you do.

What is the problem? You are backing up a bucket inside other bucket.

This is not correct.  Firestore stores its data inside some sort of mostly opaque database format.  If you are copying this out to a GCS bucket, that really is an export into a different storage medium and a different format.
That being said, it's still reasonable that you might want to keep your data backups outside of Google (although GCS has a good SLA).  To do that, after you've exported your Firestore data to a GCS bucket, use the gsutil utility to copy that bucket down:
gsutil cp -r gs://your-bucket-name .


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