Restore container¶

Summary

Stop and remove the container.
Restore (rename) the backup container.
Restore saved data to the data container.
Restore permissions to the data.

Important

You must have a backup to restore from.

To restore the container:

Stop the container.
```
docker stop pmm-server
```
Remove it.
```
docker rm pmm-server
```

Revert to the saved image.

docker rename pmm-server-backup pmm-server

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

Remove Victoria Metrics data folder.

docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 rm -r /srv/victoriametrics/data

Copy the data.
```
docker cp srv pmm-data:/
```

Restore permissions.

docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R root:root /srv && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R pmm:pmm /srv/alertmanager && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R root:pmm /srv/clickhouse && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R grafana:grafana /srv/grafana && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R pmm:pmm /srv/logs && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R postgres:postgres /srv/postgres14 && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R pmm:pmm /srv/prometheus && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R pmm:pmm /srv/victoriametrics && \
docker run --rm --volumes-from pmm-data -it percona/pmm-server:2 chown -R postgres:postgres /srv/logs/postgresql14.log

Start the image.
```
docker start pmm-server
```

Get expert help¶

If you need assistance, you can find comprehensive and free database knowledge on our community forum or blog posts. For professional support and services, contact our Percona Database Experts.

Community Forum Get a Percona Expert