Switching Pydio Cells v3 branch to v2 branch, files do not appear anymore

[BamBoozledMC]

I've just updated my Pydio Cells to the latest version and now all my files are gone.
All the files are still located on the drive however i'm unable to identify what is what since they are all encrypted into random strings

Please help i dont have a backup D:

[BamBoozledMC]

Somehow it still has my file history/folder activity

[cdujeu]

hello
can you specify the from / to versions before and after upgrade ?

[BamBoozledMC]

hello can you specify the from / to versions before and after upgrade ?

Somehow i was using the oldest version (0.1.0) and i updated to 2.2.12

[cdujeu]

0.1.0 ???

[BamBoozledMC]

0.1.0 ???

according to the renamed file- yea,
i originally downloaded the repository to edit some code to change a few things

[BamBoozledMC]

i can upload the binary file i compiled if thats any help

I just really want to recover my data.

[cdujeu]

ah - ok so you built it in dev mode, you are working on the master which is not stable, the 2.2.12 is not on the same branch, and the default datasource format in the master is different from 2.2.X branch.
=> go back to master by using v3-rc1 binary, you should be back on tracks.

[BamBoozledMC]

where can i find the v3-rc1 binary?

[cdujeu]

you can even use rc2, it's in pre-release mode but still usable
https://download.pydio.com/pub/cells/release/3.0.0-rc2/

[cdujeu]

(or if you have the code (master branch), you can just rebuilt it after updating it from git, it will be more ore less the same)

[cdujeu]

Next time please use the FORUM instead of github, thanks.

[cdujeu]

And please read https://github.com/pydio/cells/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc1 to understand what you are doing ;-)

[BamBoozledMC]

Alright!

After downloading the binary from https://download.pydio.com/pub/cells/release/3.0.0-rc2/

All my files are still missing

[cdujeu]

do you have a backup of your DB ?

[BamBoozledMC]

do you have a backup of your DB ?

Possibly but it is outdated and will not include alot of recently added files

Is there a way to decrypt the files?

[cdujeu]

The contents are not encrypted (unless you enabled encryption on the datasource), files are just stored by uuid (see the link in the release note) instead of their name.
I think you are screwed, you were not supposed to switch branch between master ( = dev) and stable.

[BamBoozledMC]

They are not encrypted, they are just stored by uuid (see the link in the release note) instead of their name... I think you are screwed, you were not supposed to switch branch between master ( = dev) and stable.

frick.

Where would the indexes for the files be located?

[cdujeu]

in the DB

[BamBoozledMC]

in the DB

Which one the physical db (where all the files are) or the mysql db

[cdujeu]

mysql

[BamBoozledMC]

well that makes it harder to restore :/

[cdujeu]

please read https://github.com/pydio/pydio-doc-admin-guide/blob/cells-v3/4_connecting_your_storage/1_datasource_format.md to understand better

[BamBoozledMC]

Oh well, i'll see what i can do, but for now thanks for your help :)

[cdujeu]

🔝 and this link shows how this new datasource format should be backup / restored

[cdujeu]

(but you switched back a "flat" DS to "structured" DS, which in turn probably triggered an indexation of the original DS and cleared the DB index...)

[cdujeu]

closing as it's not really an issue