db_backup_new_container.md

Steps to backup config database without stopping containers

Tested with 1909.30 version

1. Create temp directory

mkdir /temp
mkdir /temp/tmp-config-dir

2. Copy contrail-api.conf file to the above temp directory

docker cp config_api_1:/etc/contrail/contrail-api.conf /temp/tmp-config-dir

3. Run config-api container

docker image ls | grep config-api
docker run --rm -it -v /temp/tmp-config-dir/:/tmp/ -v /etc/contrail/ssl/controller/:/etc/contrail/ssl/:ro \
   --network host --entrypoint=/bin/bash hub.juniper.net/contrail/contrail-controller-config-api:<version>

4. Run the command

cd /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cfgm_common
python db_json_exim.py --export-to /tmp/db-dump.json --api-conf /temp/tmp-config-dir/contrail-api.conf

5. Run below commands to check DB inconsistenices

docker exec -it <CONTAINER_ID_CONFIG_API_1> bash
cd  /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vnc_cfg_api_server
- Displays the list of all Object id to be cleaned(dry-run).
python db_manage.py --api-conf /etc/contrail/contrail-api.conf clean

- Deletes all stale object id in DB's with(--execute)
python db_manage.py --api-conf /etc/contrail/contrail-api.conf \
            --execute check