Step 1. Preparing To Restore

To recreate a website from a backup copy, in the welcome screen appearing right after the appliance installation, click Restore Project instead of the new installation. This will show a new screen with the brief instructions on backing up the site.

• Click Continue to proceed.

Step 2. Unpacking The Archive

• Here you will specify the path to the existing website archive:

  

  The most common scenario is creating the website archive copy and downloading it to a local machine. In this case, select to upload the file from the local disk.

  Otherwise, you might leave the archive file at the remote server. In this case, you can download it directly from the remote location (select Download from remote server).

  The last two options apply if you have already uploaded the archive file to your new website manually.

• Click Continue to proceed.

  If you selected any of the first three options, the archive file would be loaded and unpacked:

  

Step 3. Restoring The Database

• On this screen, select default values for dedicated server...

  

  Note: If you select to restore the database data to Bitrix Environment, the wizard will connect to the database on port 31006, which is default for non-VM environments.

• Click Restore.

  The wizard will accomplish the and show the notification screen:

  

• Click Delete here to prevent any malicious action against your website.

  The wizard will now close and open the public section of your restored website.