As a result of a cloud provider failure, we lost our production forum. There are only Postgres database backups. Can you tell me what is the correct sequence of actions when restoring from a database backup? And in general, is it possible? Is there any table inside the database indicating the vers…

Have you looked at the #sysadmin documentation on this? [image] Manually create and restore Discourse backups Self-Hosting As discussed below , a warning for newbies: this is an advanced method! there is an automated, web UI way to restore from backups at /admin/backups …

Hi @nahimov :slight_smile: It’s unnecessary to @mention a team member, so I’ve removed it. They often read meta anyway and will reply if they feel it’s needed. There are always many people here, whether the team or not, willing to help. Robert’s link is the standard procedure to follow when resto…

[image] nahimov: As a result of a cloud provider failure, we lost our production forum. There are only Postgres database backups. Was it a standard install ? Where are the backups? Are they backups created by Discourse or backups of just postgres taken some other way?

Need help please! Restore forum from DB backup

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merefield (Robert) February 13, 2023, 10:35am 2

Have you looked at the #sysadmin documentation on this?

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Need help please! Restore forum from DB backup

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