Snap Backup and Restore

This guide shows how you can perform backup and restore of your data.
Backup Rocket.Chat Snap Data
You can enable automatic backup on each snap refresh by executing sudo snap set rocketchat-server backup-on-refresh=enable
To backup the data on your snap installation, follow these steps
Stop your rocketchat-server by running
sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-server stop
Note that while the rocketchat-server service should be stopped, the rocketchat-mongo service should be kept running!
sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-mongo status | grep Active
   Active: active (running) (...)
Run the backup command
sudo snap run rocketchat-server.backupdb
If all goes well, you get an output like below
[+] A backup of your data can be found at /var/snap/rocketchat-server/common/backup/rocketchat_backup_<timestamp>.tar.gz
Start your rocketchat-server
sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-server start
Copy your backup to a different system for safekeeping.
Restore Rocket.Chat Snap Data
Follow these steps to restore your previously backed up data.
Stop your rocketchat-server by running
sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-server stop
Note that while the rocketchat-server service should be stopped, the rocketchat-mongo service should be kept running!
sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-mongo status | grep Active
   Active: active (running) (...)
Copy your backup file to the snap's common folder:
sudo cp rocketchat_backup.tgz /var/snap/rocketchat-server/common/
Run the restore command
sudo snap run rocketchat-server.restoredb /var/snap/rocketchat-server/common/rocketchat_backup.tgz
If you are replacing an existing database, you get a warning message
ATTENTION
Your current database WILL BE DROPPED prior to the restore!
Would you like to make a backup of the current database before proceeding?
(y/n/Q)>
Choose the option you want
Press y and Enter to make a backup of the database in its current state.
Press n and Enter to continue without a backup of the database in its current state.
Press any key and/or Enter to quit the restore process without making any changes.
If you choose to proceed and all goes well, you will see an output similar to:
[*] Extracting backup file...
[*] Restoring data...
[*] Preparing database...
[+] Restore completed! Please restart the snap.rocketchat services to verify.
Start your rocketchat-server
sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-server start
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