couchdb 2 backup irc discussion

[11:18] <aeharding> Does anyone have any insight on this stackoverflow question? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40429306/copying-shards-for-backup-in-couchdb-2
[11:18] <aeharding> I would really appreciate it :)
[11:20] <ks> rnewson: so if database was deleted and I have a backup of db folder with views and data, all I need to do is to shutdown couchdb and cp a backup folder into /lib?
[11:21] <aeharding> Basically. I have a DO instance with a periodic job to tar /opt/couchdb/data (docker-couchdb) and upload it to s3. I'd like to ensure that I'll be able to restore the data dir like in couchdb 1 w/o corruption, etc
[11:22] <aeharding> It's easier for me than replication for such a small project
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[11:39] <+rnewson> aeharding: I posted a thing to SO a while back on how to rebalance a bigcouch cluster, that is also broadly the same for couchdb 2.0 and might help you.
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[11:44] <aeharding> rnewson: I believe you're talking about this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6676972/moving-a-shard-from-one-bigcouch-server-to-another-for-balancing
[11:44] <aeharding> I'm still a little confused since I only have one 'node' in the couchdb 'cluster'
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[12:09] <+rnewson> aeharding: you can safely copy the .couch files out to make a backup
[12:10] <aeharding> Cool :)
[12:10] <+rnewson> be careful of using zip though, it might delete the source file
[12:11] <aeharding> Do I need to save any configuration of the couchdb? I use the default sharding config (p & n values I believe?).
[12:12] <aeharding> Sorry, still trying to wrap my head around clusters/shards w/ couchdb
[12:13] <+rnewson> the shard map is stored in the 'dbs.couch' file.
[12:13] <+rnewson> I assumed you were backing up the whole of the database directory tree.
[12:14] <aeharding> gotcha. Yes, I'm backing up shards/ along with _dbs.couch, etc
[12:15] <aeharding> Thanks for your help