How to restore a Plesk backup from CLI?

Question

How to restore a Plesk backup from a command-line interface?

Answer

It is possible to use pleskrestore CLI utility to restore Plesk backup files for both Linux and Windows servers.

The same utility can be used to restore different backup levels: customers, resellers, domains, and server-wide backups.

Find some examples below:

1. Connect to the server using SSH or RDP.

2. To restore Plesk server from a server-wide backup run:

   • for Linux-based OSes:

     # plesk bin pleskrestore --restore "Backup-file" -level server

   • for Windows-based OSes:

     C:> plesk bin pleskrestore.exe --restore "Backup-file" -level server

     Note: By default, all backup data is stored in the directory /var/lib/psa/dumps in Plesk for Linux and %plesk_dir%Backup in Plesk for Windows

   To restore a subscription from a zipped backup file:

   • for Linux-based OSes:

     # plesk bin pleskrestore --restore "/root/example.com.zip" -ignore-sign -verbose -level domains

   • for Windows-based OSes:

     C:> plesk bin pleskrestore.exe --restore "C:example.com.zip" -ignore-sign -verbose -level domains

For other advanced usage options, refer to Official Plesk CLI documentation for Linux and for Windows.