Reinstalling passbolt using previously used db

[garrett]

@jil

The idea is to retain the same email address used to register passbolt initially i.e administrator@domain.com

This should be possible.

@jil

However, trying to use this email address, is recognized as existing in the passbolt databases.

This is expected.

@jil

The forgot password option doesn’t work or do I say it doesn’t send password reset instructions to administrator@domain.com

You could check the db for recovery links using info in this recent post Can not send test email, create any user, or get authentication email back from passbolt at login [mail host blocking From: address] - #7 by clayton

@jil

I understand passbolt is machine specific i.e you must use the machine you initially did configurations from. We have lost track of these machines as they were disposed of.

What version of passbolt was used before? User keys are kept in the db so although the public and private server keys may change, and the users would need to acknowledge that upon recovering their account in the new install, the critical data should be there.