# Rancher host recovery

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-host-recovery/7005>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [August 2, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-host-recovery/7005 "2017-08-02T17:04:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dadoherty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/dadoherty/32/792_2.png) [@dadoherty](https://forums.suse.com/u/dadoherty)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-host-recovery/7005/1 "2017-08-02T17:04:38Z")

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my rancher web server crashed, and when I rebooted it, it had lost all my configurations. I got it back running but when I connected my existing host to it, all my containers are still running, however, my stack configuration is lost. Is there a way to recreate it with the existing running containers, or will I have to recreate the stack? I have the compose files to do that, however, I would prefer to keep our app running.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![dadoherty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/dadoherty/32/792_2.png) [@dadoherty](https://forums.suse.com/u/dadoherty)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-host-recovery/7005/2 "2017-08-03T15:02:50Z")

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This is a mute point now. I do not have the previous running stack anymore. I am setting up a new host and environment.

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**Author:** ![Listener\_me](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/listener_me/32/5836_2.png) [@Listener\_me](https://forums.suse.com/u/Listener_me)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-host-recovery/7005/3 "2017-08-07T06:33:00Z")

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This is a big concern for rancher deployment. Hope rancher guys would come up with a solution for re adding the host to the the rancher again without disrupting any containers in the deployed stack

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**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-host-recovery/7005/4 "2017-08-07T15:49:36Z")

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The stack definition and everything else is in the database. You need a real backup of it, still-running servers are not a replacement for that.

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**Author:** ![dadoherty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/dadoherty/32/792_2.png) [@dadoherty](https://forums.suse.com/u/dadoherty)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-host-recovery/7005/5 "2017-08-08T12:43:17Z")

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Thanks for the replies. My request was not meant as a complaint about Rancher. This was a test environment and I was only looking for a way to save some prototype work. I realise that I should have had a backup. And that I should not have set it up this way in the first place.