Bulk load data
Before running the bulk loading command, you must first create a JSONL file that contains the data that you want to import in your Mattermost directory. The file can have any name, but in this example it’s called data.jsonl. The format of the file is described in the Data format section.
After you create the JSONL file, you need to zip it by running the
zip -r data.zip data.jsonlcommand, and upload the ZIP file to the database by running the mmctl import upload command. For example:mmctl import upload data.zip.Confirm that the file is uploaded and ready for use by running the mmctl import list available command.
Import your uploaded file by running the mmctl import process command. For example:
mmctl import process <importedid>_data.zip(use the name of the uploaded file from mmctl import list available command).
After you create the file, validate that the file is correct by running the bulk load command in validation mode. In this mode, the data is checked for correctness, but is not written to the database. After validating, run the command in apply mode, which saves the data to the database.
Change to the Mattermost directory.
cd /opt/mattermost(the location might be different on your system)Run the following command:
sudo -u mattermost bin/mattermost import bulk data.jsonl --validateResolve any errors that are reported, and validate the file again. Do not go to the next step until you can run the validate command without errors.
Run the bulk load command in apply mode:
sudo -u mattermost bin/mattermost import bulk data.jsonl --applyWhen the bulk load command completes, clear all caches in the System Console by going to System Console > Environment > Web Server.
Important
After the import tool has run, all files created in the data directory are owned by root as the tool was run as sudo. The owner of the data directory and all its content has to change to mattermost user, otherwise, Mattermost can’t fetch the files created in the data directory after the import tool has run.
