Export Dbeaver connections to an external file

[sachin-walia]

Is it possible to export all the connections from Dbeaver to an external file and import that in a different instance of dbeaver? If not then it may be a nice feature for people working with different machines as well as sharing connection info among teams.

[serge-rider]

DBeaver connections are stored in file .dbeaver-data-sources.xml (in DBeaver workspace, which is in %{HOME}/.dbeaver by default). You can copy it as is or just a part of it (it is XML so it won't be hard).

[nagromc]

Please note that, from now on, .dbeaver-data-sources.xml seems to be located in %{HOME/.dbeaver4/General/.dbeaver-data-sources.xml.

From DBeaver v4 I guess.

[jozzhart]

Recent update

https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver/wiki/Admin-Manage-Connections

[tcarrio]

For users who are getting here looking for where this is stored on a Linux distribution, I found the following while poking around.

First off, I had no folder in my home directory for DBeaver. $HOME/.dbeaver did not exist. So if it exists for you, that's great news, it's probably right there.

I did end up finding a folder at $HOME/.local/share/DBeaverData. This is the default XDG_DATA_HOME folder, but I didn't find it documented in the Wiki above. The structure otherwise seems similar, but nested under a workspace folder.

In the end, I found the config in $HOME/.local/share/DBeaverData/workspace6/General/.dbeaver/data-sources.json. Hope this helps anyone else trying to find their config.

Note: This was with version 6.3.5.202002221622 of DBeaver.

[kovacshuni]

On Mac it's at /Users/yourusername/Library/DBeaverData/workspace6/General/.dbeaver/data-sources.json