How to restore backup from old version of Discourse to latest

support
#1

Hi,

My question is similar to this:

But, I have

Discourse production environment:
Discourse version- v1.9.0.beta1,
OS: RHEL 7.2 (Maipo),
DB: PostgreSQL 9.4.5 on x86_64

Discourse test environment version:
Discourse version -v2.1.1 +6,
OS: Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04,
DB: PostgreSQL 10.4 (Ubuntu 10.4-2.pgdg16.04+1)

And I would like to restore the backup from production to test environment.
Goal is to sync the test environment with production data, all users, forums, topics…everything. And also planning to setup recovery process to the discourse .

Since I have different OS, Discourse & DB versions between prod & test environments, could you please suggest me what shall be done to restore/sync the backup from production to test environment with out getting into issues?

Thank you.

#2

You should use the postgres that is in the docker install of Discourse rather then an external one. The current recommended version is 10.5.

You should be able to simply restore the backup from the old site to the new one.

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#3

Hi,

Thanks very much for the response.

For production environment, I’m using separate database server with postgres version -9.4, and for test environment, we are using postgres vesrion- 10.4 (that is in the docker install of Discourse), I connect to database with:

cd /var/discourse
sudo ./launcher enter app
su -c 'psql discourse' postgres

so, in this case, a question triggered to my mind:

since the production environment has old discourse version in RHEL server, and test environment has latest discourse version in Ubuntu server, so If I restore the backup from prod to test (old discourse to new discourse), will this be successful ? or will I need follow any special instruction to make to this successful ?

#4

Rather than trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist, why not try doing the restore and seeing if it works?

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#5

Hi,

Thank you :slight_smile:

I’m new to Discourse, so trying to get clarity before proceeding further. Anyway I will try now.

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#6

Hi,

I tried restoring as per Move your Discourse Instance to a Different Server and also like below:

discourse enable_restore
discourse restore <filename.of.the.backup.tar.gz>

but, it got failed…and produced below log at the end:

[2018-10-16 11:47:58] Migrating the database...
[2018-10-16 11:47:58] EXCEPTION: 

No migration with version number 20180920042415.

[2018-10-16 11:47:58] /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1259:in `migrate_without_lock'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1210:in `block in migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1363:in `with_advisory_lock'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1210:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1036:in `up'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1017:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:172:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/lib/migration/safe_migrate.rb:30:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:60:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:271:in `block in execute'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:271:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:271:in `execute'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:213:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.5.0/monitor.rb:226:in `mon_synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:193:in `invoke_with_call_chain'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:182:in `invoke'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:391:in `migrate_database'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:70:in `run'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:167:in `block in start!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:164:in `fork'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:164:in `start!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:23:in `restore!'
/var/www/discourse/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb:103:in `restore'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:194:in `process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30:in `process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:42:in `block in process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:132:in `run_callbacks'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:41:in `process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:22:in `process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:34:in `block in process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:168:in `block in instrument'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:23:in `instrument'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:168:in `instrument'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:32:in `process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:256:in `process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:24:in `process_action'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:134:in `process'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionview-5.2.0/lib/action_view/rendering.rb:32:in `process'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.0.0/lib/mini_profiler/profiling_methods.rb:78:in `block in profile_method'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal.rb:191:in `dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal.rb:252:in `dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:52:in `dispatch'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:34:in `serve'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:18:in `block in <class:Constraints>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:48:in `serve'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:52:in `block in serve'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:35:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:35:in `serve'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:840:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-protection-2.0.3/lib/rack/protection/frame_options.rb:31:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:24:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/tempfile_reaper.rb:15:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:38:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/head.rb:12:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/http/content_security_policy.rb:18:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:214:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:232:in `context'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:226:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:670:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:28:in `block in call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:98:in `run_callbacks'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:26:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:61:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:33:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/logster-1.2.11/lib/logster/middleware/reporter.rb:31:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:38:in `call_app'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:28:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:16:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:29:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:81:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:27:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/method_override.rb:22:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/sendfile.rb:111:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.0.0/lib/mini_profiler/profiler.rb:174:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/message_bus-2.1.5/lib/message_bus/rack/middleware.rb:63:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/request_tracker.rb:180:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/engine.rb:524:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `public_send'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `method_missing'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:68:in `block in call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:53:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:53:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:606:in `process_client'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:701:in `worker_loop'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:549:in `spawn_missing_workers'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:142:in `start'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/bin/unicorn:126:in `<top (required)>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/bin/unicorn:23:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/bin/unicorn:23:in `<main>'
[2018-10-16 11:47:58] Trying to rollback...
[2018-10-16 11:47:58] Rolling back...
[2018-10-16 11:47:59] Notifying 'xxxx' of the end of the restore...

Can you please help me.

#7

It looks like the site you are restoring to is older than the one that created the backup.

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#8

Hi, Thank you.

Yeah, firstly I have taken the backup from old Discourse version- v1.9.0.beta1 in to Discourse version -v2.1.1, then it failed.

Secondly, I have also tired the backup file from the same Discourse version -v2.1.1 version in to same version of Discourse, then also restoring failed with below log:

No migration with version number 20180920042415. 
[2018-10-16 14:34:18] /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1259:in `migrate_without_lock'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1210:in `block in migrate'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1363:in `with_advisory_lock'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1210:in `migrate'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1036:in `up'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1017:in `migrate'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:172:in `migrate'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/migration/safe_migrate.rb:30:in `migrate'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:60:in `block (2 levels) in &lt;top (required)&gt;'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:271:in `block in execute'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:271:in `each'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:271:in `execute'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:213:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain'
 /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.5.0/monitor.rb:226:in `mon_synchronize'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:193:in `invoke_with_call_chain'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/lib/rake/task.rb:182:in `invoke'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:391:in `migrate_database'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:70:in `run'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:167:in `block in start!'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:164:in `fork'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:164:in `start!'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/backup_restore.rb:23:in `restore!'
 /var/www/discourse/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb:103:in `restore'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:194:in `process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30:in `process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:42:in `block in process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:132:in `run_callbacks'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:41:in `process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:22:in `process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:34:in `block in process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:168:in `block in instrument'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:23:in `instrument'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.0/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:168:in `instrument'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:32:in `process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:256:in `process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-5.2.0/lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:24:in `process_action'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:134:in `process'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionview-5.2.0/lib/action_view/rendering.rb:32:in `process'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.0.0/lib/mini_profiler/profiling_methods.rb:78:in `block in profile_method'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal.rb:191:in `dispatch'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_controller/metal.rb:252:in `dispatch'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:52:in `dispatch'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:34:in `serve'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:18:in `block in &lt;class:Constraints&gt;'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:48:in `serve'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:52:in `block in serve'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:35:in `each'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:35:in `serve'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:840:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-protection-2.0.3/lib/rack/protection/frame_options.rb:31:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:24:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/tempfile_reaper.rb:15:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:38:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/head.rb:12:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/http/content_security_policy.rb:18:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:214:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:232:in `context'
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 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:61:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:33:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/logster-1.2.11/lib/logster/middleware/reporter.rb:31:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:38:in `call_app'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:28:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:16:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:29:in `call'
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 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.0/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/sendfile.rb:111:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.0.0/lib/mini_profiler/profiler.rb:174:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/message_bus-2.1.5/lib/message_bus/rack/middleware.rb:63:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/request_tracker.rb:180:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/engine.rb:524:in `call'
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 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:68:in `block in call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:53:in `each'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-2.0.5/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:53:in `call'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:606:in `process_client'
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 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:142:in `start'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/unicorn-5.4.0/bin/unicorn:126:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/bin/unicorn:23:in `load'
 /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/bin/unicorn:23:in `&lt;main&gt;' 
[2018-10-16 14:34:18] Trying to rollback... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:18] Rolling back... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:18] Notifying 'Reddeppa' of the end of the restore... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:24] Cleaning stuff up... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:24] Removing tmp '/var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2018-10-16-143414' directory... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:24] Unpausing sidekiq... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:24] Disabling readonly mode... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:24] Marking restore as finished... 
[2018-10-16 14:34:24] Finished!
#9

Did you change the filename of the backup in any way?

#10

Hi, No.

I just clicked Restore button next to previous day backup file at admin/backups and pressed “Yes” when prompted for confirmation.

#11

That backup must be from a beta version of Discourse.

But you might indeed be solving an issue that does not exist. Can you just try to restore the backup from the old version? I think it will work just fine.

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#12

I just now tried restoring backup file at admin/backups from UI, that is also failing to restore to yesterday’s backup. The backup file created in same version and restoring it to same version of discourse (Discourse version -v2.1.1) only.

#13

@Falco,

Could you please let me know your suggestions to restore the backup.

Firstly, I tried to restore to the previous day backup from admin/backups, but its failed with logs attached in my previous comments. Here the backup source is the same version (V2.1.1)

Secondly, I tried to restore the back file of older version (v1.9.0.beta1) in to new version (v2.1.1), this is also not working.

Thanks.

#14

If you can’t restore a backup made from the very same discourse sounds like a bug. What I’d do next is upgrade discourse.

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#15

Thank you. I will try that.

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#16

I have upgraded Discourse from v2.1.1 to v2.1.2, but still when i try to restore from UI (admin/backups), its not working.

Here is the starting of log:

[2018-10-22 10:27:14] 'xxx' has started the restore!
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Marking restore as running...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Making sure /var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2018-10-22-102714 exists...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Copying archive to tmp directory...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Unzipping archive, this may take a while...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] No metadata file to extract.
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Validating metadata...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14]   Current version: 20180920042415
[2018-10-22 10:27:14]   Restored version: 20180920042415
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Extracting dump file...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Cannot restore into different schema, restoring in-place
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Enabling readonly mode...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Pausing sidekiq...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Waiting for sidekiq to finish running jobs...
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] Restoring dump file... (can be quite long)
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] set_config
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] ------------
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] (1 row)
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] SET
**[2018-10-22 10:27:14] ERROR:  function "raise_users_email_readonly" already exists with same argument types**
[2018-10-22 10:27:14] ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
.
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.
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[2018-10-22 10:27:16] invalid command \n
[2018-10-22 10:27:16] invalid command \n
[2018-10-22 10:27:16] EXCEPTION: psql failed

Could you please help.

#17

Looks like the database is broken. If I’m right, you’ll need to edit the duplicates out of the backup.

#18

I think this is not an issue with your backup but with the installation you’re trying to restore it to.
It’s probably broken due to all the things you have been trying.

Try restoring to a completely clean install running latest stable.

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#19

Thank you.

I will try to restoring it in to a fresh install discourse.