Restoring the PuppetDB

Question

I am using Puppet Enterprise for config management. I had created a backup (using puppet-backup create command) of the PuppetDB in one backup file and the configuration, certificates, and code in another backup file. How can I restore them from the two separate backup files?

Answer 1

Yes,you could certainly restore them.

To restore PuppetDB from one backup file and restore configuration, certificates, and code from another backup file:

puppet-backup restore /mybackups/pe_backup_03032018.tgz --scope=puppetdb 
puppet-backup restore /mybackups/pe_backup_04042018.tgz --scope=config,certs,code

This will restore all your backed up data.