Enormous space use for Ubuntu and Docker...

[miednr]

I see three relevant choices:

A) Delete WordPress-App with all the data via UI of Cloudron and restore it from backup...
B) Delete Data selectively via CLI
C) Complete Server Restore (2 days ago)

What would you recommend me to do?

[james]

Hello @miednr
Thanks for the report.
It should be safe to just delete the WordPress app that got restored incorrectly and that should also delete everything in that app.

Let me discuss this internally first since this is a great opportunity to improve Cloudron so we can add an optional failsafe to avoid this happening again.

[miednr]

Hello @james

Great to hear, you'll use this information to improve Cloudron.

Will the deletion of the App also reduce space used in the folder of docker?

Please have a look into your eMails... I did send you a very short screen video (< 60 seconds), that I wasn't able to attach here.

[james]

Hello @miednr
For documentation and reproduction, can you recall how you did this app restore to end up with this?
You mentioned:

@miednr said in Enormous space use for Ubuntu and Docker...:

It may be possible, that I was entering the wrong path first

Are you able to recall what you did there so we might be able to reproduce this?

[miednr]

Hello @james, it has been my first restore in fact.

You have to enter the backup path:
/foldername/remote path and I just entered /foldername/

[james]

Hello @miednr

Did you download the backup config from the app and import it in the restore precess or did you type in everything manually?
Also, what backup provider are you using?

[miednr]

Hello @james I am using a Hetzner Storage Box (SSHFS / rsync) and I did not download the backup information and import it into the restore process by error. I thought, that Cloudron will "know" the correct App to restore, but I learned, that this was not the case and can not be the case, because the kind of the app (WordPress) is not indicator enough for the right instance. There could be several WordPress Apps in the system, what I did not think about. It was a mistake, but maybe it could be prevented, that all data is downloaded when not providing the remote path. Maybe the restore process should not run without the remote path?

[miednr]

Hey @james, I did not yet act. Just one question: will the deletion of the mal app also delete the data in the docker directory?

[james]

Hello @miednr
You can unintall the app from the Cloudron Dashboard. This will also delete the data in /home/yellowtent/appsdata/$APPID
The docker directly looks correct from the size you reported.

[miednr]

Hello @james

I investigated further and it has been just a copy of my backup storage box (snapshot + data folders) in the folder /home/yellowtent/appsdata/$APPID. I deleted all the folders that do belong to the backup and not to the app. Of course, everything works smooth now. Thank you!

[james]

Hello @miednr

Always happy to help.