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Restore a Confluence Site from a MySQL Backup

Luis Mayora1
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April 1, 2013

Hi,

By mistake i forgot to backup my confluence site properly(not at work of course) but i would like to restore the site by using one of the mysql backups that currently have.

Is this possible since i dont have the regular xml backup file i think i can't. Any options that i could try

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April 1, 2013

Sure. Just import your backup to a new database.

After that, point your confluence to this database on your <confluencehome>/confluence.cfg.xml.

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April 3, 2013

will try this soon.

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April 3, 2013

Do note that if you don't have a backup of the Confluence home and changes have been made to e.g. attachments, these would be lost.

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April 3, 2013

In addition to what Bruna said, if you don't have backup of Home directory you would lose all your attachments. Unless you stored your attachment inside database.

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