does this still work im getting this error discourse: command not found

Hello john :slight_smile: Did you run ./launcher enter app before running the discourse command? root@Canapin:~# cd /var/discourse/ root@Canapin:/var/discourse# ./launcher enter app x86_64 arch detected. root@Canapin-app:/var/www/discourse# discourse Commands: discourse backup # Backup a discourse forum discourse disable_readonly # Disable the readonly mode discourse disable_restore # Forbid restore operations discourse enable_readonly # Enable the readonly mode discourse enable_restore # Allow restore operations discourse export # Backup a Discourse forum discourse export_categories # Export categories, all its to... discourse export_category # Export a category, all its to... discourse export_topics # Export topics and all users w... discourse help [COMMAND] # Describe available commands o... discourse import # Restore a Discourse backup discourse import_category # Import a category, its topics... discourse import_topics # Import topics and their users... discourse remap [--global,--regex] FROM TO # Remap a string sequence acros... discourse request_refresh # Ask all clients to refresh th... discourse restore # Restore a Discourse backup discourse rollback # Rollback to the previous work...

[image] Coin-coin le Canapin: discourse restore this really helped me solve all my issues . [image] Bootstrap failed error after upgrading my server Self-hosting im having issues rebuilding my forum after upgrading the server on linode FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle config --local deployment true' failed with return # Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/pups-1.1.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:117:in `spawn' exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "hook"=>"bundle_exec", "cmd"=>["su discourse -c 'bundle config --local deployment true'", "su…

[image] Coin-coin le Canapin: discourse enable_readonly Now I have an issue I cant rebuild it.. how can I exit? to be able to run ./launcher rebuild app

[image] Restore a backup from the command line Self-Hosting bookmark This guide explains how to restore a Discourse backup from the command line without using the Discourse web UI. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator wrench Console access required Here’s how to restore a Discourse backup from the command line, without ever booting the Discourse web UI. This is handy when you’re moving servers. Prerequisites Before you start, make sure you complete the following steps: Download the latest backup file from the source Disco… i found my solution in the post above, exit

"discourse: command not found" when trying to restore a backup from the command line

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shim (john shim) September 28, 2023, 3:12pm 3

this really helped me solve all my issues .

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"discourse: command not found" when trying to restore a backup from the command line

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