Time needed: 30 minutes.

To restore a site you need to first have/set up a working site on the server. Once you have a working site, you can use the following steps to restore your database.

1. Log in to the server console using SSH

   You can use private keys or passwords to login to your server depending on your setup.

2. Download backup files to the server

   Upload/download backup files to the server. Use can use sftp software such as WinSCP to download files to the server.

3. Change to bench directory

   At the server console, execute the following command to bench directory.
   cd frappe-bench

4. Restore the Site

   Run the following bench commands to restore your database and files.
   Note: the following command will overwrite existing data.
   bench --site [sitename] --force restore [path to database backup file] --with-private-files [relative-path-to-private-files-backup-file] --with-public-files [relative-path-to-public-files-backup-file]
   
   If you prefer to restore only the database, you can do so by running the following bench command
   bench --site [sitename] --force restore [path to database backup file]