# How can I manually verify via the CLI and bypass the Congratulations, you installed Discourse! screen?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-verify-via-the-cli-and-bypass-the-congratulations-you-installed-discourse-screen/259081 "2023-03-22T19:58:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-verify-via-the-cli-and-bypass-the-congratulations-you-installed-discourse-screen/259081/1 "2023-03-22T19:58:05Z")

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Hello,

Recently, we had to shut down the self-hosted instance of our site and move it to Linode. The only issue is that they require manual verification to use SMTP services.

I’ve submitted a request to them to unblock me, but the only issue is I would like to apply the backup to my site to get it running, however I’m not able to get to the site:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/0/6/e06a5dd5bf80254c31e958cf1e4f8ddabd429671.png)  
If I just go to /u to bypass the screen and try and login, and as usual I can’t get in without verifying:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/6/3/7634c9aeb4734375932341d5a23f76282342159a.png)

Is there a way to bypass this and verify myself via the cli instead?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-verify-via-the-cli-and-bypass-the-congratulations-you-installed-discourse-screen/259081/2 "2023-03-22T20:45:01Z")

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Hello,  
You can [Restore a backup from the command line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-a-backup-from-the-command-line/108034)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-verify-via-the-cli-and-bypass-the-congratulations-you-installed-discourse-screen/259081/3 "2023-04-21T20:45:10Z")

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