From 5272729f9a1dd12fd3f0fdd3bbd77027b7d4d3da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?St=C3=A9phane=20Klein?= Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:15:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue #34: delete PostgreSQL database before restoration --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 20f4a87..5f39e7a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ If your issue is not here, look through [the existing issues][issues] and eventu * You can enter the shell of the running Netbox container using `docker-compose exec netbox /bin/bash`. Now you have access to `./manage.py`, e.g. to reset a password. * To access the database run `docker-compose exec postgres sh -c 'psql -U $POSTGRES_USER $POSTGRES_DB'` * To create a database backup run `docker-compose exec postgres sh -c 'pg_dump -U $POSTGRES_USER $POSTGRES_DB' | gzip > db_dump.sql.gz` -* To restore that database backup run `gunzip -c db_dump.sql.gz | docker exec -i $(docker-compose ps -q postgres) sh -c 'psql -U $POSTGRES_USER $POSTGRES_DB'`. +* To restore that database backup run `docker-compose exec postgres sh -c "su postgres -c 'dropdb $POSTGRES_DB --if-exists; createdb $POSTGRES_DB'"; gunzip -c db_dump.sql.gz | docker exec -i $(docker-compose ps -q postgres) sh -c 'psql -U $POSTGRES_USER $POSTGRES_DB'`. ### Getting a "Bad Request (400)"