Backup and Restore

Use this procedure to crate a backup and restore your dashboards.

Create Backup

1. Run PowerShell as Administrator.

   powershell
   

2. Create a backup.

   $image=$(docker container inspect looker-container -f '{{ .Image }}')
   $backupPath="$HOME\)\)insights\)\)backup"
   New-Item $backupPath -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
   docker run -u root --rm --platform linux --volumes-from looker-container -v ${backupPath}:/backup ${image} bash -c "tar cvf /backup/looker_backup.tar --absolute-names /app/workdir/.db /mnt/lookerfiles"
   

   Note:

   You can find the backup file in the _insights folder in C:\Users\<your-user-name>.

3. Exit PowerShell.

   exit
   

Restore

1. Run PowerShell as Administrator.

   powershell
   

2. Restore the files using the backup.

   $image=$(docker container inspect looker-container -f '{{ .Image }}')
   $backupPath="$HOME/insights/backup"
   docker run -u root --rm --platform linux --volumes-from looker-container -v ${backupPath}:/backup ${image} bash -c "tar xvf /backup/looker_backup.tar -C /"
   

3. (Optional) If the hostname has changed, edit the files.

   Open the backup file and search for host_url to find the string that starts with https://.

   

Copy the string that starts with $2a$12$ and overwrite all occurrences in the backup file.

Note:

Turn off regex in the editor if you cannot find these lines.