brotherton-erpnext/docs/docs.dev.install.restore_from_backup.md

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Restoring From ERPNext Backup

• Download backup files

    cd /tmp
    wget [DATABASE BACKUP FILE URL]
    wget [FILES BACKUP FILE URL]
  

• Suppose your backup files are downloaded at /tmp

    gunzip [DATABASE BACKUP FILE.sql.gz]
    tar xvf [FILES BACKUP.tar]
  

• Go to your ERPNext installation folder

• When restoring from database, the 'Administrator' user password gets reset to 'admin'. To set a better password when restoring, set admin_password variable in conf.py to the desired 'Administrator' user password.

• Restore database using:

    lib/wnf.py --install [DATABASE NAME] /tmp/[DATABASE BACKUP FILE.sql]
  

• Copy extracted files

    cp /tmp/[FILES BACKUP EXTRACTED FOLDER/---/public/files/*] [YOUR ERPNEXT INSTALLATION]/public/files/