Add VIP production site content for local development
SQL database
- Full SQL database backups for VIP Platform environments can be downloaded on demand in the VIP Dashboard. Backups include custom tables, and are suitable for use in a local development environment.
- For environments with Database Backup Shipping enabled, shipped backups include custom tables and are suitable for use in a local development environment.
- SQL database files can be imported to a VIP Local Development Environment with the
vip dev-env import sqlcommand. - Hourly backups by VaultPress of a site’s SQL database include only
wp_-prefixed tables and are only intended for use in local development environment.
Media files
- Media Backups for a VIP Platform WordPress site can be accessed in the VIP Dashboard.
- Media files can be uploaded, imported, or proxied to a running VIP Local Development Environment.
- For other local development applications, a site’s production media library can be mirrored by using a stage file proxy plugin. This approach enables media files newly added to production to be available to the local environment on-the-fly and to avoid needing access to extremely large and time-consuming media export files.