# Cannot access backup of dev version
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-backup-of-dev-version/174615
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-backup-of-dev-version/174615 "2020-12-30T15:52:08Z")
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### Author:  [@epsteindidnt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/epsteindidnt)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-backup-of-dev-version/174615/1 "2020-12-30T15:52:08Z")
Hi,
I have set up a dev version and imported a FluxBB forum into it. I made a backup of the dev version from within my admin account (seems straightforward) and now I understand I need to take that backup and import it into my production Discourse to get my FluxBB forum set up on Discourse.
When I go to download the backup inside my Discourse admin account, it says I will be e-mailed a link to download it.
(A) I am not receiving this e-mail even though I have run mailcatcher --http-ip 0.0.0.0 and bundle exec sidekiq -q critical,4 -q default,2 -q low in the tutorials I am looking at. Am I missing a step?
(B) Even if I get an e-mail, I don’t know how the link would work. The dev Discourse is running on a VM and it not facing the web.
(C) Is there somewhere in the file structure of the dev instance where the backup should be made, since I have access to the entire file structure and apparently the backup exists as a tar.gz, shouldn’t I be able to just grab it from somewhere?
Thanks
Thanks?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-backup-of-dev-version/174615/2 "2020-12-30T15:54:48Z")
The backup file will be in the disk, look for it under the `public` folder in the root directory of your dev folder.