Version 7.2.4 - Built-in PostgreSQL Backup and Restore

Published: 2026-08-05 | Stela Augustínová

We are pleased to announce DbGate version 7.2.4. The main highlight of this release is built-in PostgreSQL backup and restore that no longer depends on external PostgreSQL command-line tools. The release also adds more control for Premium and Team Premium users and improves compatibility across Firebird, MySQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB.

PostgreSQL Backup and Restore Without External Tools

DbGate Community now includes its own PostgreSQL backup and restore implementation. You can create and restore PostgreSQL SQL dumps directly in DbGate without installing or configuring pg_dump.

This makes backup and restore easier to use across desktop, Docker, and other environments where the correct PostgreSQL client tools might not be available. The built-in implementation works inside DbGate and provides a consistent workflow across platforms.

Advanced PostgreSQL Backup Options in Premium

DbGate Premium adds more control over the new built-in backup workflow. You can select a target PostgreSQL version when creating a dump, helping you prepare backups for a server running a different PostgreSQL version.

Premium users can also select which tables to include in a backup. This is useful when you need to move only part of a database, create a smaller development dataset, or back up a specific group of tables instead of the entire database.

Environment-Based Team Folder Permissions

DbGate Team Premium administrators can now configure team folder permissions using environment variables. Folder access can be defined together with the rest of a deployment configuration, making permissions easier to reproduce and manage in Docker and infrastructure-as-code workflows.

This is especially useful for automated deployments where roles and access rules should remain consistent between environments without requiring manual configuration after startup.

Better Firebird Metadata Compatibility

Firebird metadata loading has been improved for functions, function parameters, constraints, and data type subtypes. The changes also improve compatibility with legacy Firebird server versions.

As a result, DbGate can represent database objects more accurately across a wider range of Firebird databases and versions.

MySQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB Fixes

This release resolves several database-specific issues:

MySQL and MariaDB system views are displayed correctly.
MariaDB system-versioned tables are no longer omitted from the database tree.
MongoDB filters now handle boolean values correctly.

Backup, restore, and export operations also provide clearer status updates and error reporting, making long-running operations easier to follow and failures easier to diagnose.

Complete Changelog

7.2.4

ADDED: Built-in PostgreSQL backup and restore without requiring external PostgreSQL tools (Community)
ADDED: PostgreSQL backup and restore options, including target PostgreSQL version and table selection (Premium)
ADDED: Team folder permissions can be configured using environment variables (Team Premium)
CHANGED: Improved Firebird metadata loading for functions, parameters, constraints, data type subtypes, and legacy server versions #1516
FIXED: MySQL and MariaDB system views and system-versioned tables not being displayed #1519
FIXED: MongoDB filters not handling boolean values correctly #1513
CHANGED: Improved backup, restore, and export status and error reporting