Create, download, and restore a backup of your Discourse database

[xu2]

I downloaded the tar.gz backup file directly from the backup folder.

[xu2]

I didn’t pay attention to the version, and the previously installed Discourse has already been destroyed.

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

I’d try upgrading the server that you’re trying to restore to.

[mint_saxon]

Hi! I arrived here from the “Off-site backups for disaster recovery are created every 12 hours. To download a backup manually, see our documentation.” link in a hosted Discourse site.

I was hoping to download one of the existing every-12-hours off-site backups. Is that possible? And if so, is that what’s meant by “download a backup manually”?

I don’t see any of these recent backups in the list, just two from last year.

For the moment, I just launched a new backup and I will download that.

[Lilly (Lillian)]

you can set the frequency and options for backups on your site in the settings at /admin/backups/settings. the download button sends a link to your admin email to download it

you will get an email like this that will let you save it locally to your computer

@mint_saxon

in a hosted Discourse site.

oh i just noticed you said hosted. i’m not sure but this topic is under Documentation > Self-Hosting hosted will have different backup settings.