Old snapshots linger after running uninstall.sh and deleting repo (v0.17.2)
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Old snapshots linger after running uninstall.sh and deleting repo (v0.17.2)
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I've used the uninstall script 'uninstall.sh' to remove backrest and disable the service. I've deleted the repo from my hard drive. I've reinstalled backrest and restored the previous config.xml to ~/.config/backrest. My backup plans have been restored, but it also shows old snapshots that no longer exist. Where are these stored and why are these links not being deleted when uninstalling backrest.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Backup 'config.xml'.
Run 'uninstall.sh'.
Delete repo from hard drive.
Run 'install.sh'.
Restore 'config.xml' from backup.
Open :9898.
Old snapshots are shown under the tree view of the backup plan.
Expected behavior
Running 'uninstall.sh' should clear the tree view backup history, if the repo had been removed from the backup HD.
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Platform Info
- OS and Architecture: Debian 12 x64
- Backrest Version v0.17.2
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Hey, these are stored in ~/.local/share/backrest on unix systems (specifically oplog.boltdb in that folder).
Great, thank you. Would it make sense to add this to the documentation,e.g. to back up confg.xml if needed and the location of the snapshot history. It may be obvious to some, but it would be great to have it documented. Thank you very much!
Agreed -- Backrest perhaps needs a wiki page https://garethgeorge.github.io/backrest/docs/ that covers the storage directories that it uses etc.
I can also see the argument for having uninstall.sh clear out this directory (perhaps still leave behind the config? I really don't want to risk obliterating a user's repo keys if they've not backed them up -- though users definitely should).
The script could be interactive, e.g. Backup backrest config.xml (n/Y), Clear repo snapshot history (y/N). A wiki page would be great. Thank you for all your work.