How to backup and restore a whole /var/discourse folder? Due to issues with the usual backup and restoration process, I was wondering if I could backup the whole /var/discourse folder and re-use it on another server. This is what I did… On production server: rsync_opts="\ --recursive \ --li…

[Bild] adrelanos: the whole phabricator app Discourse does not use phabricator ?

Typo. I meant discourse. Typo fixed. Original question remains.

[Bild] Move your Discourse Instance to a Different Server Self-Hosting bookmark This is a guide for moving your Discourse instance from one server to another, including all settings and data. This guide applies to self-hosted Discourse instances using Docker. p…

That doesn’t move the whole /var/discourse folder. I am aware of these instructions these don’t work for me. Therefore I wanted a more “complete” 1to1 “hardcopy” way to backup.

You can shut down the container and copy the whole thing over to a new server, excluding the tmp, backup, and cache directories (and I think another one? ). That should work. I have some this recently, I think for a similar reason. But you still really need to get the broken index problem solved.

I think docker version is introducing differences. (Which then lead to failure.) original server docker-engine 17.05.0~ce-0~debian-stretch vs newer (stage) server docker-engine 17.05.0~ce-0~debian-stretch That results in original server having postgres version 10 while newer (stage) server has …

[Bild] adrelanos: That doesn’t move the whole /var/discourse folder. I am aware of these instructions these don’t work for me. Therefore I wanted a more “complete” 1to1 “hardcopy” way to backup. You cannot simply “tar up” the /var/discourse directory and move it to another machine, untar it,…

Sure, your can copy it all with rsync -rav. You might have more luck if you change you app to use the postgres 10 template. But it sounds like the easiest thing might be to just fix your database in place.

You can move the folder, it works fine. It’s just not the preferred route as it sidesteps discourse-setup and any of the tuning/tests it runs along the way.

[Bild] Stephen: You can move the folder, it works fine. It’s just not the preferred route as it sidesteps discourse-setup and any of the tuning/tests it runs along the way. It didn’t work in my case as the upgraded docker resulted in a newer postgres version inside the docker container which …

So sichern und wiederherstellen Sie einen gesamten /var/discourse-App-Ordner?

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neounix (Dark Matter) 27. Mai 2020 um 13:32 13

Maybe even a hole.

Agreed… for sure…

@adrelanos

There are no “issues” with the backup-restore process. See this “praise” yours truly @neounix penned a few months back on this topic:

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