Backup and restore

We recommend using your database’s tools to back up your SonarQube 10.5 data.

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Backing up data

Most databases come with backup tools. We recommend using these tools to back up your data.

Restoring data

To restore data from the backup and or trigger a full Reindexing, follow these steps:

1. Stop the server.
2. Restore the backup.
3. Drop the Elasticsearch indexes by deleting the contents of <sonarqubeHome>/data/es8 directory.
4. Restart the server.