dbx/docs/guide/config-export.md

Config Export/Import

Export your database connections (with encrypted passwords) to migrate between machines.

Export

1. Click the Export button (↓) in the sidebar header
2. Enter a passphrase to encrypt your passwords
3. Choose a save location
4. The exported file contains all connections with passwords, encrypted

Import

1. Click the Import button (↑) in the sidebar header
2. Select the exported file
3. If encrypted, enter the passphrase
4. Connections are imported with passwords restored

Security

• Passwords are encrypted using AES-256-GCM with PBKDF2 key derivation
• Without the passphrase, the file cannot be decrypted
• The export file is a standard JSON file that can be transferred via USB drive, cloud storage, etc.

Backward Compatibility

Import also supports:

• Plain JSON files exported from older versions (without passwords)
• Raw connection config arrays

Connections are deduplicated by name + host + port during import.