# Restore

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It's always good to have a restore method of a backup in place.    
Here are the steps to a basic restore method with FusionPBX.

:::{note}

It is important to know if your installation is from package or source   
as the paths are different for FreeSWITCH. Always test the backups and   
restore methods on test machines first.   
:::

-   To create the script use an editor such as vi or nano.
-   Copy/Paste from the code block below and save the file as
    fusionpbx-restore.sh
-   Replace zzz with your database password
-   chmod + x fusionpbx-restore.sh and then run the script
    ./fusionpbx-restore.sh
-   edit the script as needed and run this script from the server you
    are restoring on.

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```
    #!/bin/sh
    now=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
    ssh_server=x.x.x.x
    database_host=127.0.0.1
    database_port=5432
    export PGPASSWORD="zzz"

    #run the remote backup
    ssh -p 22 root@$ssh_server "nice -n -20 /etc/cron.daily/./fusionpbx-backup"

    #delete freeswitch logs older 7 days
    find /var/log/freeswitch/freeswitch.log.* -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

    #synchronize the backup directory
    #rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/var/backups/fusionpbx /var/backups
    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/var/backups/fusionpbx/postgresql /var/backups/fusionpbx
    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/var/www/fusionpbx /var/www
    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/etc/fusionpbx /etc
    find /var/backups/fusionpbx/postgresql -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \;

    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/etc/freeswitch/ /etc
    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/var/lib/freeswitch/storage /var/lib/freeswitch
    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/var/lib/freeswitch/recordings /var/lib/freeswitch
    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/usr/share/freeswitch/scripts /usr/share/freeswitch
    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 22' root@$ssh_server:/usr/share/freeswitch/sounds /usr/share/freeswitch

    echo "Restoring the Backup"
    #extract the backup from the tgz file
    #tar -xvpzf /var/backups/fusionpbx/backup_$now.tgz -C /

    #remove the old database
    psql --host=$database_host --port=$database_port  --username=fusionpbx -c 'drop schema public cascade;'
    psql --host=$database_host --port=$database_port  --username=fusionpbx -c 'create schema public;'
    #restore the database
    pg_restore -v -Fc --host=$database_host --port=$database_port --dbname=fusionpbx --username=fusionpbx /var/backups/fusionpbx/postgresql/fusionpbx_pgsql_$now.sql

    #restart freeswitch
    service freeswitch restart
    echo "Restore Complete";
```