Trying to recover an installation

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Thanks!

Indeed I found some backups at the /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default folder, which sounds hopeful.
However, according to the Restore a Backup from the Command Line guide, the container needs to be running to import the database, but the ./launcher enter app command fails:

x86_64 arch detected.
WARNING: containers/app.yml file is world-readable. You can secure this file by running: chmod o-rwx containers/app.yml
Error response from daemon: No such container: app

I guess I should I start with a clean installation. Is there a guide to clean and start over? Would the following be correct?

  • Copy the backups from /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default folder to a different location outside /var/discourse folder
  • Remove the /var/discourse folder
  • Install Discourse from scratch following the Install Cloud guide to have a new running instance.
  • Restore the backup with the GUI or with the command line guide above