Gitea: Restore backup failed

fflorent · September 14, 2025, 10:09am

I think that it won’t help, given the last logs shared:

The service started at 23:27:40: 2025-09-13 23:27:39,729: DEBUG - + systemctl start gitea
The journalctl output gets the log the restore script is supposed to catch to consider the service started less than 1 sec after: 2025-09-13 23:32:40,439: WARNING - […] new Web server: tcp:127.0.0.1:6000 on PID: 330472
But (what I believe is) the log file located at /var/log/gitea/gitea.log prints logs that are 2 months old: 2025-09-13 23:32:40,443: […] [I] Starting new Web server: tcp:127.0.0.1:6000 on PID: 1352

I say believe and I am not assertive because some lines ago we can see this line executed: 2025-09-13 23:32:40,439: DEBUG - + tail --lines=20 /var/log/gitea/gitea.log. My guess is that the output takes time to be flushed and in the meantime few commands are executed.

(by the way, it’s “didn’t execute” without the final d)

Oh, true…
Willing to make a PR? (Otherwise, I can do that)

fflorent · September 14, 2025, 10:23am

I still wonder whether your backup contains log files and their ownership. If that’s OK for you, could you share the output of this command that list a subfolder of your archive? ( Before sharing, check that it does not contain info you would not like to share)

# Please replace `YOUR_BACKUP` by the backup name you try to restore
tar tfv /home/yunohost.backup/archives/YOUR_BACKUP.tar "apps/gitea/backup"

chefblogger · September 14, 2025, 8:18pm

No problem—here’s the log.

The only thing I deleted was the information about the nearly 80 Git projects in there.

i hope that helps

root@maechler:/home/yunohost.backup/archives# ls
20250804-062441.info.json  20250804-062441.tar
root@maechler:/home/yunohost.backup/archives# tar tfv 20250804-062441.tar "apps/gitea/backup"
drwxr-x--- gitea/gitea       0 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/www/gitea/
drwxr-x--- gitea/gitea       0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/var/www/gitea/custom/
drwxr-x--- gitea/gitea       0 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/www/gitea/custom/conf/
-rw-r----- gitea/gitea    2980 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/www/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
-rwxr-x--x gitea/gitea 113168376 2025-06-20 22:37 apps/gitea/backup/var/www/gitea/gitea
drwxr-x--- gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/
drwx------ gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/.ssh/
-rw------- gitea/gitea       276 2025-01-13 12:33 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/.ssh/authorized_keys
drwxrwxrwx gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-16 00:46 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-16 00:46 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/actions_artifacts/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-16 00:46 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/actions_log/
drwxrwxrwx gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/attachments/
drwxrwxrwx gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:47 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/avatars/
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea    199822 2025-01-13 12:47 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/avatars/81148d540ff847759611ed3d759df789f33494951a940f9dc521b155c7b60e55
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:47 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/avatars/tmp/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/home/
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea       379 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/home/.gitconfig
drwx------ gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/indexers/
drwx------ gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/indexers/issues.bleve/
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea        42 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/indexers/issues.bleve/index_meta.json
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea        13 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/indexers/issues.bleve/rupture_meta.json
drwx------ gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/indexers/issues.bleve/store/
-rw------- gitea/gitea     65536 2025-07-26 22:49 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/indexers/issues.bleve/store/root.bolt
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/jwt/
-rw------- gitea/gitea      3272 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/jwt/private.pem
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/lfs/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/packages/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-07-26 22:49 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea       163 2025-01-16 00:52 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/000011.ldb
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea      7043 2025-08-01 05:08 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/000087.log
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea       581 2025-07-26 22:49 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/000089.ldb
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea        16 2025-07-26 22:48 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/CURRENT
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea        16 2025-07-26 22:48 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/CURRENT.bak
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/LOCK
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea     22868 2025-07-26 22:49 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/LOG
-rw-r--r-- gitea/gitea       519 2025-07-26 22:49 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/queues/common/MANIFEST-000088
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-08-01 05:05 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/repo-archive/
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drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-08-01 05:08 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/repo-archive/tmp/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:31 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/repo-avatars/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-07-28 18:47 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/tmp/
drwxr-xr-x gitea/gitea         0 2025-08-01 05:50 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/data/tmp/git-repo-content/
drwxrwxrwx gitea/gitea         0 2025-01-13 12:34 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/gitea/repositories/
... deleted all info about my repositories 
-rw-r--r-- root/root        1126 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/etc/nginx/conf.d/git.maechler.cloud.d/gitea.conf
-r-------- root/root         106 2025-07-11 09:20 apps/gitea/backup/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/gitea.conf
-r-------- root/root         124 2025-07-11 09:20 apps/gitea/backup/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/gitea.conf
-r-------- root/root        1805 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/etc/systemd/system/gitea.service
drwxr-x--- gitea/gitea         0 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 3772 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/gitea.log
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 1801 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/gitea.log.2025-07-08.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 1248 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/gitea.log.2025-07-11.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 1175 2025-05-23 10:03 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  276 2025-05-20 08:21 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log.2025-05-20.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  439 2025-05-21 14:34 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log.2025-05-21.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  216 2025-05-23 03:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log.2025-05-23.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  684 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/xorm.log
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  321 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/xorm.log.2025-07-08.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  222 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/xorm.log.2025-07-11.001.gz
drwx------ root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/
-rw-r--r-- root/root         480793 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/db.sql
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/fail2ban/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/nginx/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/nginx/conf.d/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/nginx/conf.d/git.maechler.cloud.d/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/systemd/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/etc/systemd/system/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/home/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/home/yunohost.app/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/var/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/
drwxr-xr-x root/root              0 2025-08-04 08:24 apps/gitea/backup/var/www/


#8058 lines of c

fflorent · September 14, 2025, 8:37pm

Bingo! So we have encountered the same kind of issue. The problem is that you do have the logs in your backup, owned by the wrong user

-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 3772 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/gitea.log
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 1801 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/gitea.log.2025-07-08.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 1248 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/gitea.log.2025-07-11.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube 1175 2025-05-23 10:03 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  276 2025-05-20 08:21 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log.2025-05-20.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  439 2025-05-21 14:34 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log.2025-05-21.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  216 2025-05-23 03:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/router.log.2025-05-23.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  684 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/xorm.log
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  321 2025-07-08 12:01 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/xorm.log.2025-07-08.001.gz
-rw-r----- roundcube/roundcube  222 2025-07-11 01:13 apps/gitea/backup/var/log/gitea/xorm.log.2025-07-11.001.gz

Could you try this:

yunohost app upgrade gitea -u https://github.com/fflorent/gitea_ynh/tree/patch-1

You will be prompted to be careful and trust the source.

You can review the diff with the upstream project in this PR:

github.com/YunoHost-Apps/gitea_ynh

restore: set permission to the logs folder

testing ← fflorent:patch-1

opened 08:36PM - 14 Sep 25 UTC

fflorent

+3 -1

## Problem See https://forum.yunohost.org/t/gitea-restore-backup-failed/39984…/17 ## Solution This ensures to keep the good ownership for the logs directory. After the app is removed, the log directory could have been kept. But the user does not exist anymore, and the owner is referenced by a user ID. It could happen that the user ID has been assigned to another user in the meantime, and thus the log directory granted to that user. So when the app is restored, the folder exists but it is not owned by the right user. ## PR Status - [ ] Code finished and ready to be reviewed/tested - [ ] The fix/enhancement were manually tested (if applicable) ## Automatic tests Automatic tests can be triggered on https://ci-apps-dev.yunohost.org/ *after creating the PR*, by commenting "!testme", "!gogogadgetoci" or "By the power of systemd, I invoke The Great App CI to test this Pull Request!". (N.B. : for this to work you need to be a member of the Yunohost-Apps organization)

chefblogger · September 14, 2025, 9:32pm

thanks for this solutions - but i cant upgrade something that isnt installed. when i am not able to restore it - and everything is gone - i can not upgrade you see my dilema

chefblogger · September 14, 2025, 9:44pm

Can you tell me where exactly this code is located in yunohost? I could edit it myself with nano.

mkdir -p "/var/log/$app"
chmod -R "$app:$app" "/var/log/$app"

perhaps that would fix the problem and i dont need wo wait till a new gitea version is released…

jarod5001 · September 14, 2025, 9:48pm

Download the backup
Look for the restore script
Add the chown after mkdir -p "/var/log/$app"
Save it and recompress the backup
Upload it to the server and restore it

chefblogger · September 14, 2025, 9:54pm

thats why i asked

in the gitea backup there is no restore script. i found one in the system backup file

but tell me the path to the online version and i can edit there…

jarod5001 · September 14, 2025, 10:10pm

apps/gitea/scripts
Inside that folder you’ll find the restore script
After the mkdir -p "/var/log/$app" line add a new line with chown -R "$app:$app" "/var/log/$app"