Unable to restore backups from console inside container

[33Fraise33]

Hello,

I'm running orient inside a docker container. I enabled automatic backups and I want to try and restore a backup.

The problem is when I'm trying to restore the backup the file is not found: ./bin/backup/20171109084000.zip (No such file or directory)

When I connect to the console and I enter pwd I get /orientdb. So when I connect to the docker container through a shell (sudo docker exec -i -t <container id> /bin/sh) and I navigate to the /orientdb/bin/backup folder, the file is there. I tried many other file locations but none seems to work.

Is this an issue with orient in docker or orient itself?

[33Fraise33]

Can it be confirmed this is a bug? I don't want to put Orient to production without being sure I can restore a backup.

[robfrank]

are you providing a volume to the container where to persist backups?

[33Fraise33]

Yes I am, I'm starting my docker container with ansible, my config is the following:

- name: setup orient docker container
  docker_container:
    name: orientdb
    image: orientdb:latest
    command: "/orientdb/bin/server.sh -Ddistributed=false"
    published_ports:
      - 2424:2424
      - 2480:2480
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - "/orientdb/config:/orientdb/config"
      - "/orientdb/databases:/orientdb/databases"
      - "/orientdb/backup:/orientdb/bin/backup"
    env:
      ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "<password here>"
      ORIENTDB_NODE_NAME: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
      ORIENTDB_OPTS_MEMORY: "-Xms20G -Xmx20G"
    recreate: yes
    state: started

I had to change my mounting point for backups as the default as provided in the docs /orientdb/backup is not used for automated backups, /orientdb/bin/backup is.

[33Fraise33]

Any update on this? Can I provide more information?

[33Fraise33]

@robfrank Can I help any further with this? I'm not a docker expert but it's very odd behaviour though.

[cuvelierm]

Any updates on this? I am having the same problem currently.

[33Fraise33]

I've been able to resolve this issue with the following commands.

To restore a backup, make sure your docker container is turned off. You will have to connect plocal to the database. Mount the volumes with the run command (as the server is not turned on you cannot use the docker exec method)

sudo docker run --rm -it -v /orientdb/databases:/orientdb/databases -v /orientdb/backup:/orientdb/bin/backup orientdb:<version tag> /orientdb/bin/console.sh

Now your container has access to the backup files while your actual container is turned off. Connect plocal: CONNECT plocal:/orientdb/databases/<dbname> Restore the database: RESTORE DATABASE /orientdb/bin/backup/<filename>.zip