.. _backup-restore-dashboard:

Backup and Restore the Dashboard
--------------------------------



Step 1: Backup
.................


To configure the Dashboard backup, see :ref:`dashboard-archive`


.. rubric:: Next steps

* Restore 




Step 2: Restore 
....................

This procedure restores a backup of the Insights Dashboard. 



**Pre-requisites**: 

* Backup (see see: :ref:`dashboard-archive`)




**To restore the Dashboard application from a backup**: 

1. Log in to CLI as an admin.
2. Go to **Backup Restore** and click **OK**.

   .. image:: /src/images/backup-restore-dash-cli.png

3. Navigate to **Restore a backup**.

   .. image:: /src/images/restore-a-backup-dash-cli.png

4. Select the data source of the backup.
   This will be either ``self`` - which is stored locally,
   or a remote location. The example below has ``dh`` as an sftp server.

   .. image:: /src/images/data-source-for-restore-dash-cli.png

5. Select the data types to restore.

   .. image:: /src/images/data-type-to-restore-dash-cli.png

6. Select the number of months to restore (0 to 60 or all).

   .. image:: /src/images/months-of-data-to-restore-dash-cli.png

7. Confirm the restore.  

   .. image:: /src/images/confirm-restore-dash-cli.png

8. View the message that displays when restore is complete.