# Which command line method is advised for restoring a Discourse forum?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-command-line-method-is-advised-for-restoring-a-discourse-forum/94540
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 12, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-command-line-method-is-advised-for-restoring-a-discourse-forum/94540 "2018-08-12T21:41:15Z")
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### Author:  [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-command-line-method-is-advised-for-restoring-a-discourse-forum/94540/1 "2018-08-12T21:41:15Z")
There seems to be three suggested methods - which one is most suitable for a 3.5GB+ backup?
1. Via Rails Console
2. Via a Discourse Script
3. Via Discourse `./launcher`
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### Author:  [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-command-line-method-is-advised-for-restoring-a-discourse-forum/94540/3 "2018-08-13T00:25:23Z")
Those two should be pretty much equivalent nowadays. I think method #2 didn’t exist yet when I wrote the post about method #1 almost 2.5 years ago.
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### Author:  [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-command-line-method-is-advised-for-restoring-a-discourse-forum/94540/4 "2018-08-15T03:21:27Z")
I’ve added a third option to the list - and this is the one I used on a test run. (Easy enough to do but also, unlike the script, this method lets you choose which Discourse forum you want to restore to.)
**Edit** : I used option 3 for the actual restore, and am pleased to report it worked without any errors 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-command-line-method-is-advised-for-restoring-a-discourse-forum/94540/5 "2021-03-22T21:46:38Z")