Restore the Backup

A complete list of backups on a location can be displayed using backup list <location>. To restore on a new system, run the backup passphrase command and enter password used to create the backup.

1. Copy the backup to the environment with scp. It will be located in the media/ folder.

2. Once the file is successfully copied, use the backup import command to import the backup to a location that was set up, or the default localbackup.

3. Once the import is complete, run the backup list command as for example:

   platform@Restore:~$ backup list
   localbackup:
       URI: file:///backups
       Backups:
          2019-08-13 13:08
   

4. Run the backup restore command as for example:

   Important

   Backups should be created and restored in a screen session - see: Using the screen command.

   platform@Restore:~$  backup restore localbackup 2019-08-13 13:08
   Services will be restarted during the restore. Do you wish to continue? y
   Check if restore can continue (step 1/4)
   Enough space on /opt/platform/apps/mongodb/dbroot: total 93MB / 224GB
   Enough space on /backups/appdata: free 934MB / 232GB
   Running pre-restore scripts (step 2/4)
   Stopping Application while performing database restore
   Running backup restore (step 3/4)
   System restore starting from \
     file:///backups/058bccead2588a6f11f1dd86678bab68de48691d (1565701713)
   Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
   Last full backup date: Tue Aug 13 13:08:33 2019
   /backups/appdata/
   completed
   Running post-restore scripts (step 4/4)
   Starting Application after performing database restore
   Restarting services
   
   Application processes stopped.
   
   Reconfiguring applications....
   
   If this includes a database restore, it may take some time to sync
   Please run 'database config' to check when all nodes are done
   
   Restored successfully
   You have new mail in /var/mail/platform