# Restore backup without reconfiguring Discourse **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [01.Март.2017 18:37:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-without-reconfiguring-discourse/58185 "2017-03-01T18:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Chopper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chopper/32/57073_2.png) [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)\ **Post date:** [01.Март.2017 18:37:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-without-reconfiguring-discourse/58185/1 "2017-03-01T18:37:58Z")
It will be great if there is a way to restore a backup without reconfiguring the Discourse from the beginning. For now, the differents steps to **restore a backup from a server to another** are : * * * 1 - make a backup 2 - reinstall Discourse with `./discourse-setup` and complete the questions : host, smtp, port etc 3 - configure SSL 4 - load the backup * * * Why should I complete the step 2 (and 3) if all the data are replace by the backup two minutes laters. **Proposition :** The `discourse-setup` script have an option where a backup is passed in parameter to direclty install the Docker and Discourse regarding the backup variables (host, smtp etc) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-without-reconfiguring-discourse/58185)._