How can i backup and restore nodebb forum data in openshift?

[Nisthar]

I am hosting my app on openshift. One of my nodebb app stopped working and i lost all the users data and everything. Anyway i can backup the forum data?

I know i can backup and restore openshift snapshots. But is there any way to save the forum database locally?

[ahwayakchih]

@Nisthar Process of creating the snapshot downloads it to local directory:
https://developers.openshift.com/en/managing-backing-up-applications.html

[PitaJ]

If you use mongo, you can do a mongodump

If you use Redis, shut down NodeBB and redis, and the data is stored in the redis directory.

[Nisthar]

@PitaJ Could you give a detailed explanation? I didn't see any users data in the mongodb. Also how do i restore it in a new openshift app?