# Restore backup without reconfiguring Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-without-reconfiguring-discourse/58185>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [1 Marzo 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-without-reconfiguring-discourse/58185 "2017-03-01T18:37:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2 Maggio 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-without-reconfiguring-discourse/58185/15 "2019-05-02T23:08:17Z")

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I believe the best solution is to restore the backup from command line @techAPJ has a #howto for this. Then you can skip the web GUI configuration part entirely.

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