Restore the database from a manual backup or automated backup back up in Cortex XSOAR.
Cortex XSOAR automatically backs up the database. If the database becomes corrupted or you need to revert to an earlier version of your data, you can restore a database backup.
Note
In Cortex XSOAR v6.1 and later, any XSOAR service that uses the Elasticsearch database no longer runs automatic backups. To back up or restore the contents of your Elasticsearch database, follow the instructions for Disaster Recovery for Elasticsearch.
Log out all users from Cortex XSOAR.
Stop the service.
sudo service demisto stop
Delete the contents of the database directory.
By default, the database directory is
/var/lib/demisto/data
.Copy the backup file to the database location.
Extract the
.gzip
backup file usingtar -xzf
.<file-name>
When you run the command, new sub-folders are created (where you ran the command) with the
db
files inside. If you use the default path, the files are in thevar
folder. For example, the following files are generated:root@myhost:/var/lib/demisto/backup# tar -xzf daily_29_Jun_2021__0738.tar.gz root@myhost:/var/lib/demisto/backup# cd var/lib/demisto/backup/daily_29_Jun_2021__0738 root@myhost:/var/lib/demisto/backup/var/lib/demisto/backup/daily_29_Jun_2021__0738# ls demisto.db demisto_062021.db
( Automatic Backup) Move the
demisto_XXXXX.db
files to thepartitionsData
folder.Keep the
demisto.db
file in the/data
parent folder.If you backup manually, you do not need to move the files, as the required
_XXXXX.db
files are already in thepartitionsData
folder.The following directories need to be restored manually:
/var/lib/demisto/artifacts
/var/lib/demisto/attachments
/var/lib/demisto/images
/var/lib/demisto/d2_server.key
/var/lib/demisto/tools
/var/lib/demisto/versionControlRepo
/usr/local/demisto
/etc/demisto.conf
Restart the server and log in to Cortex XSOAR.