# Cannot restore backup from cli **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803 **Category:** Self-hosting **Tags:** backups **Created:** [November 28, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803 "2023-11-28T04:10:30Z") **Posts on this page:** 17 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/1 "2023-11-28T04:10:30Z")
Hello, I’m trying to restore a backup and I keep getting this error: ```plaintext Starting restore: blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz [STARTED] 'system' has started the restore! Marking restore as running... Making sure /var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2023-11-28-040817 exists... Copying archive to tmp directory... Unzipping archive, this may take a while... EXCEPTION: /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec': Failed to decompress archive. gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:172:in `execute_command' /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec' /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:34:in `execute_command' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_file_handler.rb:78:in `decompress_archive' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_file_handler.rb:23:in `decompress' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:42:in `run' script/discourse:149:in `restore' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/thor-1.3.0/lib/thor/command.rb:28:in `run' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/thor-1.3.0/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/thor-1.3.0/lib/thor.rb:527:in `dispatch' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/thor-1.3.0/lib/thor/base.rb:584:in `start' script/discourse:290:in `' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `load' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `kernel_load' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:23:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/cli.rb:492:in `exec' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:392:in `dispatch' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/cli.rb:34:in `dispatch' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:485:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/cli.rb:28:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/exe/bundle:45:in `block in ' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:117:in `with_friendly_errors' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.13/exe/bundle:33:in `' /usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `load' /usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `
' Trying to rollback... There was no need to rollback Cleaning stuff up... Removing tmp '/var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2023-11-28-040817' directory... Marking restore as finished... Notifying 'system' of the end of the restore... Finished! [FAILED] Restore done. ``` I’m not sure why it says that, the backup is unmodified from when I pulled it. Thank you. ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/2 "2023-11-28T04:12:14Z")
Same error on web. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/f/e/bfe525e2501b68928047bd07226364d1ed01d468.png) ---
### Author: ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/3 "2023-11-28T04:31:35Z")
> [@darkpixlz](#): > > `gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file` This is likely the critical error. Have you tried verifying the backup isn’t corrupt? I think [this would work](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2001709/how-to-check-if-a-unix-tar-gz-file-is-a-valid-file-without-uncompressing): ```plaintext $ gunzip -c blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz | tar -t > /dev/null ``` ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/4 "2023-11-28T04:39:25Z")
Same issue. I can’t get a new backup because the RAID config for the server is long gone but I need this data. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/4X/6/8/b/68bd7861350c969408d3b0576ed80ad379b2e8aa_2_690x57.png) ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/5 "2023-11-28T04:42:25Z")
Checked inside of the backup. Seems to be valid. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/c/4/dc4513a7fb1325892c66cc7fa7f796626b01c313.png) ---
### Author: ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/6 "2023-11-28T04:48:23Z")
Is this on the same machine that you are restoring the backup on? It’s possible the file didn’t finish transferring or otherwise got corrupted in transit. ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/7 "2023-11-28T04:49:07Z")
The backup is on my Windows PC, and I am using scp: `scp blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz root@#.#.#.#:/var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default` ---
### Author: ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/8 "2023-11-28T04:51:24Z")
Does the checksum match on both files? (Instructions for generating a checksum [here](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-ctr/docs/verify-checksum).) ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/9 "2023-11-28T04:53:46Z")
It’d seem like it. I’ll keep doing some digging with WinRAR but if you have any suggestions it’d be appreciated. I get the same warning there too, but I can see it in VSCode fine. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/9/f/69ff2a023f5388def58d36e71d704fae9cc0523c.png) ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/10 "2023-11-28T04:59:20Z")
If this helps, `pigz` shows: ```plaintext /blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz to pigz: skipping: /blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz: corrupted -- incomplete deflate data ``` ---
### Author: ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/11 "2023-11-28T05:00:37Z")
> [@darkpixlz](#): > > I can see it in VSCode fine. I don’t have much experience there. If you can get a copy of the files, you should be able to create a new backup file to copy over. ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/12 "2023-11-28T05:14:50Z")
I tried writing my own script to fix it which didn’t work. I’m also not an expert with gzips, so not much I can do either. If anybody else knows how I can restore it with full access to the sql script and uploads then please let me know. SQL script is fine at a glance and the uploads are fine as well. ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/13 "2023-11-28T05:28:23Z")
Update: I was able to successfully restore an older version of the site, by about 2 months. Still looking to get the new(er) one on. ---
### Author: ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/14 "2023-11-28T05:52:39Z")
That’s good news. I found [a suggestion](https://stackoverflow.com/a/201409) to use [The gzip Recovery Toolkit](https://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/coding/gzrt/gzrt.html), which sounds promising. ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/16 "2023-11-28T06:05:38Z")
Followed this guide and moved it and got this error: ```plaintext root@ftsweb-app:/var/www/discourse# discourse restore blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz Starting restore: blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz [STARTED] 'system' has started the restore! Marking restore as running... Making sure /var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2023-11-28-060452 exists... Copying archive to tmp directory... EXCEPTION: /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec': Failed to copy archive to tmp directory. cp: cannot open '/var/www/discourse/public/backups/default/blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz' for reading: Permission denied ``` ---
### Author: ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/17 "2023-11-28T06:43:49Z")
> [@darkpixlz](#): > > `cp: cannot open '/var/www/discourse/public/backups/default/blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz' for reading: Permission denied` Good chance the file is owned by another user. `ls -l /var/www/discourse/public/backups/default/blackiron-2022-12-03-163112-v20221201035918.tar.gz'` would show the problem, probably. ---
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-restore-backup-from-cli/286803/18 "2023-11-28T06:50:25Z")
It says that root owns it. Do I need to make it the `discourse` user? Edit: seems like the tool did more damage. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/0/d/d0d210e58ac19af2608660e8ecb189cbcfa1acf6.jpeg)