Run Restore Playbook Locally on the ControllerΒΆ

To run restore on the controller, you need to upload the backup to the active controller.

You can use an external storage device, for example, a USB drive. Use the following commands to run the Ansible Restore playbook:

Optimized: Optmized restore must be used on AIO-SX.

~(keystone_admin)]$ ansible-playbook /usr/share/ansible/stx-ansible/playbooks/restore_platform.yml -e "restore_mode=optimized initial_backup_dir=<location_of_tarball ansible_become_pass=<admin_password> admin_password=<admin_password backup_filename=<backup_filename> wipe_ceph_osds=<true/false> restore_registry_filesystem=true"

Legacy: Legacy restore must be used on systems that are not AIO-SX.

~(keystone_admin)]$ ansible-playbook /usr/share/ansible/stx-ansible/playbooks/restore_platform.yml -e "initial_backup_dir=<location_of_tarball ansible_become_pass=<admin_password> admin_password=<admin_password backup_filename=<backup_filename> wipe_ceph_osds=<true/false>"

Below you can find other -e command line options:

Common

-e restore_mode=optimized

Enable optimized restore mode

Note

Optimized restore is currently supported only on AIO-SX systems.

-e "initial_backup_dir=/home/sysadmin"

Where the backup tgz files are located on box.

-e backup_filename=localhost_platform_backup.tgz

The basename of the platform backup tgz. The full path will be a combination {initial_backup_dir}/{backup_filename}

(Optional): You can select one of the following restore modes:

  • To keep the Ceph cluster data intact (false - default option), use the following parameter, when passing the extra arguments to the Ansible Restore playbook command:

    wipe_ceph_osds=false

    To wipe the Ceph cluster entirely (true), where the Ceph cluster will need to be recreated, or if the Ceph partition was previously wiped, such as during a fresh install between backup and restore or during reinstall, use the following parameter:

    wipe_ceph_osds=true

  • To define a convinient place to store the backup files, defined by initial-backup_dir, on the system (such as the home folder for sysadmin, or /tmp, or even a mounted USB device), use the on_box_data=true/false parameter.

    If this parameter is set to true, Ansible Restore playbook will look for the backup file provided on the target server. The parameter initial_backup_dir can be ommited from the command line. In this case, the backup file will be under /opt/platform-backup directory.

    If this parameter is set to false, the Ansible Restore playbook will look for backup file provided on the Ansible controller. In this case, both the initial_backup_dir and backup_filename must be specified in the command.

    Example of a backup file in /home/sysadmin:

    ~(keystone_admin)]$ ansible-playbook /usr/share/ansible/stx-ansible/playbooks/restore_platform.yml -e "initial_backup_dir=/home/sysadmin ansible_become_pass=St8rlingX* admin_password=St8rlingX* backup_filename=localhost_platform_backup_2020_07_27_07_48_48.tgz wipe_ceph_osds=true"

    Note

    If the backup contains patches, Ansible Restore playbook will apply the patches and prompt you to reboot the system. Then you will need to re-run Ansible Restore playbook.

    The flag wipe_ceph_osds=true is required for a restore in a new hardware. For more details, see AIO-SX - Restore on new hardware.

  • ssl_ca_certificate_file defines a single certificate that contains all the ssl_ca certificates that will be installed during the restore. It will replace /opt/platform/config/<software-version>/ca-cert.pem, which is a single certificate containing all the ssl_ca certificates installed in the host when the backup was done. The certificate assigned to this parameter must follow this same pattern.

    For example:

    ssl_ca_certificate_file=<complete path>/<ssl_ca certificates file>

E.g.:

-e "ssl_ca_certificate_file=/home/sysadmin/new_ca-cert.pem"

    This parameter depends on on_box_data value.

    When on_box_data=true or not defined, ssl_ca_certificate_file will be the location of the ssl_ca certificate file on the target host. This is the default case.

    When on_box_data=false, ssl_ca_certificate_file will be the location of the ssl_ca certificate file where the Ansible controller is running. This is useful for remote play.

    Note

    To use this option on local restore mode, you need to download the ssl_ca certificate file to the active controller.

Legacy

-e skip_patching=true

Patching will not be restored from the backup. With this option, you will need to manually restore any patching before running the restore playbook.

-e restore_user_images=true

Restores the user images created during backup when backup_user_images was true. If the user images are not restored, the images must be pulled from upstream or registry.central.

Optimized

-e restore_registry_filesystem=true

Restores the registry images created during backup when backup_registry_filesystem was true. If the registry filesystem is not restored the images must be pulled from upstream or registry.central.

-e registry_backup_filename=custom_name_registry_filesystem_backup.tgz

By default this override is not required. When restore_registry_filesystem is true and a custom name was used during backup, registry_backup_filename needs to be set to match. The full path will be a combination {initial_backup_dir}/{registry_backup_filename}

Note

After restore is completed it is not possible to restart (or rerun) the restore playbook.