# Unable to upload the backup for restore on a new instance

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-upload-the-backup-for-restore-on-a-new-instance/186400
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 11, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-upload-the-backup-for-restore-on-a-new-instance/186400 "2021-04-11T18:01:20Z")
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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-upload-the-backup-for-restore-on-a-new-instance/186400/2 "2021-04-11T18:17:57Z")

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That’s strange. You could try to `chown -R discourse:www-data /var/www/discourse/public/backups/*` inside the docker container.

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