This page is part of the Confluence Setup Guide.

This option allows you to reload your data from an existing Confluence installation into your new Confluence site during the initial setup procedure. You can choose to upload data from a zipped backup file, or to restore from a backup file on your file system.

Option 1: Upload a zipped backup to Confluence — This option will load the data from a zipped backup file.
(tick) To create a backup file from your existing version of Confluence, go to the 'Backup & Restore' section of your Administration Console.

To restore from a zipped backup:

  1. Browse for the relevant daily backup file or a file you have created via a manual backup.
  2. Check 'Build Index' to build the data index, used for the search.
  3. Click the 'Upload and Restore' button.

Option 2: Restore a backup from the filesystem — This option is recommended if you have a very large daily backup file (greater than 100MB), or a daily backup file that is already on the server and doesn't require uploading.

  1. Copy the XML backup file into the restore directory inside your confluence Home directory and then refresh the page. You should now see your backup file appear on the 'Restore Data' screen (pictured above), in the box beneath the heading 'Restore a backup from the filesystem'.
  2. Check 'Build Index' to build the data index, used for the search.
  3. Click the 'Restore' button.

(info) When the restore process has finished, you are ready to log in to Confluence. The system administrator account and all other information has been transferred from your previous Confluence installation.

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