GUI Restore - does it work?

[niall]

I'm trying to restore a backup file (466 MB) to a fresh install, following a hard drive failure on the previous installation.

When I try to restore via the GUI, the process keeps timing out.

Does the GUI Restore function actually work? Is there another method of restoring an old backup to a fresh install?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[ad5ou]

https://docs.fusionpbx.com/en/latest/getting_started/restore.html

 

[niall]

Thanks, that script refers to restoring from a server that is still functional. In my case, the old server is dead and inaccessible by SSH. I've just a backup file that I downloaded before the old server died, and I need to restore from that file.

Any suggestions?

 

[ad5ou]

it should point you in the right direction.
Assuming you have a new server installed (using the same branch/version as the dead one) you can use parts of the script in the link I shared. Everything would need to be done via the console or terminal session.

Copy the backup file to the new server.
create and modify the script in the link I shared.
The main items you need in this scenario:

#!/bin/sh
#### modify line below to match your database password found in /etc/fusionpbx/config.php
export PGPASSWORD="zzz"

#remove the old database
psql --host=$database_host --port=$database_port  --username=fusionpbx -c 'drop schema public cascade;'
psql --host=$database_host --port=$database_port  --username=fusionpbx -c 'create schema public;'

#restore the database with line below with correct name/path of "fusionpbx_pgsql_$now.sql" from your backup file
pg_restore -v -Fc --host=$database_host --port=$database_port --dbname=fusionpbx --username=fusionpbx /var/backups/fusionpbx/postgresql/fusionpbx_pgsql.sql

#restart freeswitch
service freeswitch restart
echo "Restore Complete";

You can ignore the remote backup stuff and rsync lines

 

[ad5ou]

Forgot to add the line to actually extract your backup file.
tar -xvpzf /path/to/your/backup.tgz -C /

I would also move the items in your /etc/fusionpbx folder before extracting the backup.

 

[niall]

Thanks again for your help. I'll give it a try.

But in relation to the first part of my question - Does the GUI Restore function actually work?

There have been other unanswered threads on the forum in relation to the GUI Restore apparent non-functionality. It would be useful to know definitively if this function works or not.

 

[ad5ou]

It can work, but usually the backup files are too large and take to long to process with default php and nginx settings.

 

[niall]

GUI Restore would be my preferred method, if it actually works. Any suggestions for what to tweak in the php and nginx config?

 

[ad5ou]

Can't help.with that one.