How does one configure an S3 bucket and restore backups from it? When utilizing an S3 bucket, is it necessary to input the following variables beneath the env variables in the app.yml file, or is it sufficient to configure them solely within the admin settings? DISCOURSE_USE_S3: true DISCOURSE…

After numerous attempts, I have found that backups in S3 cannot be restored at will. I have consulted many posts, all of which report that restoring backups from S3 has failed. I sincerely hope someone can summarize how to configure S3 backups and how to restore them from S3.

Hello, I’m quite concerned about whether this issue has been resolved. I would kindly suggest moving the topic to the bug category so that it can receive more appropriate attention.

How does one configure an S3 bucket and restore backups from it?

Product Support

copymonopoly March 12, 2025, 12:53am 3

This is a very serious issue. Does this mean that the backups in S3 are meaningless?

Topic		Replies	Views
Enable hidden setting to include S3 uploads in the backups Self-Hosting backups , how-to	10	2185	January 12, 2026
Restore fails when including S3 uploads Self-hosting backups , s3	4	656	June 20, 2024
Restore from backup fails due to S3 migration Product Support	8	1487	September 10, 2019
Unable to restore from S3 backup - Fails Product Support	5	239	March 20, 2025
:cn: How to back up Discourse to S3 \| Discourse 如何备份到 S3 Sysadmins s3 , chinese-translation	8	1411	July 26, 2024

How does one configure an S3 bucket and restore backups from it?

Related topics