This page last changed on Feb 20, 2007 by rosie@atlassian.com.

Confluence will only allow you to restore a space if a space by that name does not already exist on the site. If you already have a space with the identical name, you will need to delete (or rename) the existing space before restoring the new one.

Before you begin
The Confluence instance from which the space was exported must be running the same 'major' version as the Confluence instance to which the space will be restored. For example, if you export a space from a Confluence 2.3.3 instance, you can restore it into a 2.3.1 instance but not into a 2.2.10 instance (because 2.2 and 2.3 are different 'major' versions).



To restore a space,

Go to the 'Administration Console' and click on 'Backup and Restore' in the left panel.

You can restore data in one of two ways:

  1. Upload a zipped backup to Confluence
    • Browse for the backup file.
    • Uncheck 'Build Index' if you want to create the index at a later stage.
    • Click 'Upload and Restore'.


  2. Restore a backup from the filesystem
    • Select the backup file from the form field displayed. If you do not see your backup file, make you sure that it has been copied into the /opt/java/src/confluence/deployments/conf.atlassian.com/home/restore directory.
    • Click 'Restore'.
RELATED TOPICS
Confluence
Manually Backing Up The Site
Restoring a Site
Restoring a Space
Restoring Data from the Administration Console

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