Backup and restore

We recommend using your database’s tools to back up your SonarQube 8.9 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 ElasticSearch reindex, follow these steps:

1. Stop the server.

2. Restore the backup.

3. Drop the Elasticsearch indexes by deleting the contents of <SONARQUBE_HOME>/data/es7 directory.

4. Restart the server.