Data Import and Export

Introduction

You can always start a data import or export process to a mounted external storage device. This exports the whole server data including user data, configurations, and databases and can therefore be used for a manual full backup. Also data can be imported which will be written to a nextcloud user folder which can be defined in the portal.

Data Export

The export process is a simple rsync command that copies all relevant data (with the –delete option to ensure consistency) to the mounted external storage device into the folder “libre_workspace_export”. To start a data export process, please follow these steps:

Warning

While the export process is running, all services are stopped to ensure data consistency. Therefore, the server will be temporarily unavailable during the export process.

• Go to the Libre Workspace Portal

• Navigate to Management -> Data Import/Export

• Mount the external storage device to via the “Mount” button

• Then under “Data Export” select the mounted device and click on “Start Export”

• The data export is finished when the services are back running again

Data Import

The import process imports data into a nextcloud user folder. To start a data import process, please follow these steps:

• Go to the Libre Workspace Portal

• Navigate to Management -> Data Import/Export

• Mount the external storage device to via the “Mount” button

• Then under “Data Import” select the mounted device, and select the nextcloud user where the data should be imported to.

• Click on “Start Import”