# How do I back up only forum configuration information?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-back-up-only-forum-configuration-information/330348
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-back-up-only-forum-configuration-information/330348 "2024-10-11T00:00:18Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-back-up-only-forum-configuration-information/330348/3 "2024-10-13T15:19:21Z")

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> [@Download and restore of site settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-and-restore-of-site-settings/65230/7):
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> A rake task for this now exists! [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/925d1a78697dfb8e9549e0b9ba4f7e7f18235cfe](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/925d1a78697dfb8e9549e0b9ba4f7e7f18235cfe) Here is an example of an import. It checks for bad settings (NOT FOUND), should show any errors (setting a username that doesn’t exist), and show you which settings changed, and will only update a value if the new setting is different from the current value. $ rake site\_settings:import \< ~/tmp/settings.yml starting import... NOT FOUND: existing site setting not found for b…

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/925d1a78697dfb8e9549e0b9ba4f7e7f18235cfe](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/925d1a78697dfb8e9549e0b9ba4f7e7f18235cfe)

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