How Can I Recover Contacts from my Database

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Steps to reproduce
1. I wanted to rebuild my QNAP Server's storage to support the new Snapshot feature
2. I read that I should backup my ownCloud config and data folders + database
3. I manually backed-up the database via phpMyAdmin
4. I attempted using QNAP's Backup software backup my entire NAS folders (which I thought included the ownCloud folder) to my external 2TB SSD
5. When it's time to restore, I find out some permission issue blocked the backup process of the ownCloud folder to my SSD, so, I don't have the config nor data folder backed-up but I have the Database containing my contacts

Expected behaviour
There should be way to recover my contacts from the database

Actual behaviour
I have no idea how to proceed. I have restored my backed-up database, and I can see all my 424 contacts listed in the "oc_contacts_cards" table. I have also re-created the same ownCloud User account and password, and the same address book name. However, still no contacts listed in the re-created address book. Please could any of you great experts kindly guide me on how to proceed? Thank you very much in advance.

Server configuration
Operating system: QTS 4.2.1
Web server: QNAP TS-470 Pro, 10GB RAM, 4x4TB Seagate ST4000VN000-1H4168 SC46 NAS Storgage, RAID 10 (8TB Total Volume, 15% Reserved for Snapshots), FW QTS v4.2.1 Build 20160601
Database: MySQL Database
PHP version: 5.5.35
ownCloud version (see ownCloud admin page): v8.0.4
Updated from an older ownCloud or fresh install: fresh install
ownCloud log (data/owncloud.log): N/A

Special configuration (external storage, external authentication, reverse proxy, server-side-encryption)
This setup was done with the latest ownCloud package available on the QNAP App Center, v8.0.4 at the moment.

Integrity status for oC9+

N/A I'm on v8.0.4
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I would only create a owncloud session to recover your contacts. That means you have a copy of your data, you can play around with it and you don't risk to lose anything. What I would do:

  • Create a new owncloud setup, take the same version as the one you used before (8.0.4)
  • Create all users you had before
  • Put owncloud in maintenance mode
  • Delete all oc_contacts_* tables manually
  • Put all your oc_contacts_* tables from your backup
  • Turn off maintenance mode
  • Login and export contacts.
3

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. I have created all user accounts as before, but how do I go about putting ownCloud in maintenance mode on my NAS?

Also, I had already imported the ownCloud database before I setup the accounts. How do I ensure ownCloud is still pointing to the right database? Thanks in advance.

4

In your config/config.php, you can set maintenance-mode to true.

You only import the oc_contacts_*-tables after you created the users.

5

Hi,

Really sorry for the extremely late response. Got 'caught up in other issues and kept procrastinating this issue. Either way, I SSHed into my NAS via WinSCP, navigated to the ownCloud/config/ folder, opened the "config.php" file, but there wasn't any "maintenance-mode" line in it. This is what it contained (sensitive parts edited):

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'instanceid' => '**INSTANCE**',
  'passwordsalt' => '**SALTY**',
  'secret' => '**NO PORN**',
  'trusted_domains' => 
  array (
    0 => '**911.911.1.911**',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/share/CE_CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/owncloud/owncloud/data',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://**911.911.1.911:9111**/owncloud',
  'dbtype' => 'sqlite3',
  'version' => '8.0.4.2',
  'installed' => true,
  'loglevel' => 2,
);

How do I go about putting it into maintenance mode given the above configuration file? Thanks in advance.

6

See: https://doc.owncloud.org/server/9.1/admin_manual/maintenance/enable_maintenance.html

7

Hi,

Thanks for linking to that site, but what it's saying is the same as what @tflidd stated. However, I don't happen to have that line in my config file. Do I just manually add it without changing anything else?

8

Yes, you can either add this line or use the occ command line tool as described there.

9

Alright, I'll continue from there and give a follow up with more information soon.