Hello

I made a backup of my website before it corrupts, I got 2 files : cms_config & all_db

How to restore my backups to my composr cms website ?

Hello,

I am wondering nobody knows the answer !

Composr Tutorial: Backing up your site

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Thank you for your reply KingBast

The link provided is for the website backup, I have already done this step, but I need the ((restore)) backup.

As discussed on IRC, this does not sound like a Composr backup. cms_config is the name of one of Composr's database tables, and our backup system never names files after individual tables.

A Composr backup consists of a .tar file (or .tar.gz file), which is an archive that contains:

• The actual website files (including both Composr code and custom files such as uploads). This is not actually included if you chose 'Database backup only'.
• A readme.txt file that explains how to restore the backup.
• A restore.php, which is a self-executing PHP script to restore the previous database.
• A restore_data.php file that contains the actual database structure and contents. This can not be directly executed, but is saved as a PHP file to stop hackers being able to download the contents of your database by accessing the URL. The data from restore_data.php can only be restored using restore.php because it is in a custom Composr format, not a traditional SQL dump format.

When you generate a backup from Admin Zone > Tools > Make backup, it is not automatically downloaded to your computer. You will see a table showing all the backup files, and must download them to your computer if you want to keep a remote backup.

It is important to keep the files and database consistent. For example, if you install an addon, and then end up restoring a database from before the addon was installed, you may get errors due to the database structure being inconsistent with the website code (e.g. missing database tables). This is a mistake we see many people making.

KingBast said

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From “Post #5597”, 27th Oct 2019

I am going to update this backup tutorial our ours because it is badly outdated.

Hi Chris.

Thank you for your assistant on IRC.

My website is working now.