I set up a Discourse site, and a couple days later it suddenly stopped working - tries to load for a couple minutes then “This web page is not available - ERR_CONNECTION_RESET”. It might be a RAM issue. I am ready to use the launcher scripts to rebuild the container. But if possible I would like to…

[image] BobbyZopfan: Is there a way to create a backup from SSH Terminal of my forum/site? Yes there is. SSH to your server, and run the following: cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app discourse backup [image] BobbyZopfan: If my site is half broken (some pages open and some not), shou…

No need to backup anything, containers are disposable, all important data is stored outside the container

You’ll be safe doing a rebuild, or a reboot (except EC2). Get it back running again, then take a backup from /admin/backups.

Is there a way to start a backup from command-line through SSH ?

I haven’t confirmed, but I’d assume there is a backup script just as there is a restore. [image] Is there any way to restore your site from backup in the terminal? Support Yes. They’re stored in public/backups/default/. Just run the following command (in the discourse…

[image] trudat: a preferred way to backup the DB and/or uploaded files manually from the command line? I’ve been unable to track down the pgsql credentials in order to do a p Is there a way to create a backup from SSH Terminal of my forum/site? If my site is half broken (some pages open and…

[image] jomaxro: cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app discourse backup This command will create the backup locally, in the server only. In other words, within Ubuntu instance. how can I know backup’s location/path? How can I download this backup to my local pc (so that I could use this ba…

[image] BobbyZopfan: how can I know backup’s location/path? Backups are by default stored in /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default/. [image] BobbyZopfan: How can I download this backup to my local pc (so that I could use this backup in another, same type of, instance)? This…

If we create our site backup from frond-end/admin area. And click ‘download backup’ button (which sends us a mail to download the backup data). And then we update the site, run rebuild command and our site breaks down. And then we want to download the backup file from the link given in our mail. Wi…

[image] BobbyZopfan: And then we update the site, run rebuild command and our site breaks down. If you update the site via ./launcher rebuild app, there is going to be downtime while that runs. That is expected. [image] BobbyZopfan: And then we want to download the backup file from the l…

[image] jomaxro: e link provided via email will only work if your Discourse instance is up and running. You’ll need to download the backup before you start the rebuild, or wait unt Excuse me, I was not clear enough in my query. Let me repeat it once. My site is ok and I send my self a link …

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jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld) May 18, 2017, 7:07pm 5

I haven’t confirmed, but I’d assume there is a backup script just as there is a restore.

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