Restoring from the backup can be used in several cases, such as failure, or site duplication. Similar to the backup, it is important to stop the whole eXo Platform before restoring. Next, do the main steps to start restoring from the backup of eXo Platform:

1. Unarchive the backup files from the backup storage to the temporary location.

2. Stop the whole eXo Platform instance by using the shell command stop_eXo. To see more details, see the Installation and Startup chapter.

3. Run the restoring procedure to restore from the backup local files for:

4. Start the eXo Platform server.