Backing up & restoring the CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard v3 Database

Problem

The CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard v3 MariaDB database and its contents (imported assessment results, tags, exceptions, user accounts) needs to be backed up and then restored at a later time, either to the existing or a new Dashboard instance of the same version.

Solution

Windows

Windows Backup

• Open services.msc

  • Stop the CCPD_Windows service

  • Ensure the MariaDB service is running

• Launch an administrative cmd.exe prompt

• Back up the existing databases to a single file:

  mariadb-dump -u root -p -x -A > C:\ccpdbackup\ccpd_db.sql

  Note: The destination directory (C:\ccpdbackup\ for example) needs to be an already existing folder.

  • -u root -p: Use the root user and supply the MariaDB password when prompted

  • -x: Lock all tables during this operation

  • -A: Export all databases to the file

• Open services.msc and start the CCPD_Windows service to resume Dashboard again

Windows Restore

• Open services.msc

  • Stop the CCPD_Windows service

  • Ensure the MariaDB service is running

• Launch an administrative cmd.exe prompt

• Restore the previously created backup from the .sql file:

  mariadb -u root -p < C:\ccpdbackup\ccpd_db.sql

• Open services.msc and start the CCPD_Windows service. The backed up database contents should now appear in the current Dashboard deployment once the application startup completes.

Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu Backup

• Stop the Dashboard service:
  sudo systemctl stop CIS-CAT_Pro_Dashboard

• Ensure the MariaDB service is running:
  sudo systemctl start mariadb

• Back up the existing databases to a single file:

  mariadb-dump -u root -p -x -A > /home/user/ccpd_db.sql

  Note: The destination directory (/home/user for example) needs to be an already existing folder.

  • -u root -p: Use the root user and supply the MariaDB password when prompted

  • -x: Lock all tables during this operation

  • -A: Export all databases to the file

• Start the Dashboard service to resume the application:
  sudo systemctl start CIS-CAT_Pro_Dashboard

Ubuntu Restore

• Stop the Dashboard service:
  sudo systemctl stop CIS-CAT_Pro_Dashboard

• Ensure the MariaDB service is running:
  sudo systemctl start mariadb

• Restore the previously created backup from the .sql file:

• Start the Dashboard service:
  sudo systemctl start CIS-CAT_Pro_Dashboard
  The backed up database contents should now appear in the current Dashboard deployment once the application startup completes.

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