Restoring deleted apps

An administrator can restore a deleted app within seven days of the deletion. After seven days, you cannot restore the app.

Before you begin

Log in with the utest account on the virtual machine instance.
Important: Back up the IBM MobileFirst Quality Assurance system before you recover a deleted app or otherwise attempt to manipulate the database.

About this task

Important: Use extreme caution. This procedure involves direct manipulation of the MobileFirst Quality Assurance PostgreSQL database. A mistake might irreparably damage the database.

Procedure

To restore a deleted app:

Look up the ID of the deleted app in the database using one of the following methods:
- If you have the api_key:
  On the command line, enter psql apphance -U apphance -c "SELECT id,name,api_key FROM applications_application, where api_key='40 character key. The id for the app with that api_key displays.
- If you do not have the api_key:
  On the command line, enter psql apphance -U apphance -c "SELECT id,name FROM applications_application WHERE deleted;". The ID and name of all deleted apps displays.
Note: If you are prompted to enter a password for the apphance database, enter apphance.
On the command line, enter each of the following commands:
1. cd ~
2. . apphance/env/bin/activate
3. cd apphance/project/src/apphance/
4. python manage.py shell
The Python Interpreter shell opens and the following message displays:
```
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Jul 10 2013, 22:48:45) 
[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)
```
In the Python Interpreter shell, enter each of the following commands at the >>> prompt:
1. from applications.models import Application
2. application = Application.deleted_objects.get(id=ID_OF_DELETED_APP) where ID_OF_DELETED_APP is the ID of the deleted app.
3. application.is_deleted = False
4. application.save()
5. exit() The Python Interpreter closes.
For the deleted application, the value of the is_deleted column in the applications_application table is set to False. The deleted app is restored.