'
Trying to rollback...
There was no need to rollback
Cleaning stuff up...
Removing tmp '/var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2023-10-07-132317' directory...
Marking restore as finished...
Notifying 'system' of the end of the restore...
Finished!
[FAILED]
Restore done.
```
What is the trick to get the restore running on deployments with **separate data and web containers**?
Thanks, Thommie
---
### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-perform-a-restore-when-you-have-two-containers/281975/2 "2023-10-08T12:12:24Z")
Did you upload the backup to /var/discourse/shared/web-only/default?
You can run
discourse restore
To get a list of available backups.
You can also run a backup on web only to see where it puts its value so that you know you’re putting yours on the right place.
EDIT: I edited the OP and added this:
> [@Backup discourse from the command line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-discourse-from-the-command-line/64364/1):
>
> If you’re using a two-container setup, you’ll `./launcher enter web_only` and replace `standalone` with `web-only` in the path to where the backups belong.
Does that help?
---
### Author:  [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-perform-a-restore-when-you-have-two-containers/281975/3 "2023-10-09T20:54:41Z")
> [@Backup discourse from the command line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-discourse-from-the-command-line/64364/1):
>
> `discourse enable_restore`
Hmmmm,
nope, still not working
I have the backup file here:
```plaintext
thommie@docker2:/var/discourse/shared/web-only$ ls
backups log netzwissen-forum-2023-10-09-201019-v20230913194832.tar.gz
```
Then
root@docker2:/var/discourse# ./launcher enter web\_only
```plaintext
x86_64 arch detected.
root@forum:/var/www/discourse#
root@forum:/var/www/discourse# discourse restore
You must provide a filename to restore. Did you mean one of the following?
discourse restore forum-netzwissen-eu-2023-10-08-033221-v20230926165821.tar.gz
```
So, the restore only shows a backup file from **inside** of the web\_only container of the new forum instance (the target of the backup). But not the backup file from the source instance which is available on **/var/discourse/shared/web-only/ on the HOST system**
So, the “discourse restore” does not use the **mapped** volume on the host, but only the one inside the container.
??
---
### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-perform-a-restore-when-you-have-two-containers/281975/4 "2023-10-09T21:54:39Z")
it needs to be in `/var/discourse/shared/web-only/backups/default`
inside the container do a
```
discourse backup
```
and see where it puts the backup and put yours in the same place.
---
### Author:  [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-perform-a-restore-when-you-have-two-containers/281975/5 "2023-10-11T18:24:44Z")
@pfaffman you’re right, I was on the wrong folder, the restore has finished successfully
thanks for the help!
---
### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-perform-a-restore-when-you-have-two-containers/281975/6 "2023-11-10T18:25:33Z")
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