Restore container

Summary

• Stop and remove the container.
• Restore (rename) the backup container.
• Restore saved data to the data volume.
• Restore permissions to the directories.
• Start the container.

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Important

You must have a backup to restore from.

To restore the container:

1. Stop the container.

   docker stop pmm-server
   

2. Remove it.

   docker rm pmm-server
   

3. Revert to the saved image.

   docker rename pmm-server-backup pmm-server
   

4. Change directory to the backup directory (e.g. pmm-data-backup).

   cd pmm-data-backup
   

5. Copy the data.

   docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/srv:/backup -v pmm-data:/srv -t perconalab/pmm-server:3.0.0-beta cp -r /backup/* /srv
   

6. Restore permissions.

   docker run --rm -v pmm-data:/srv -t perconalab/pmm-server:3.0.0-beta chown -R pmm:pmm /srv
   

7. Start the image.

   docker start pmm-server
   

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