You can restore from a saved backup or from a file you downloaded, into the same environment or a different one.

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Restore step by step

1

Open Project → Backups → Restore from a backup

Choose a saved backup, or upload a file.
2

Choose what to restore

Tick the parts: Definitions, Settings, Users & access, Data. Studio shows what the file holds, so you only pick what is there.
3

Choose how

  • Merge adds and updates. Existing things not in the backup stay.
  • Replace first removes what is in the chosen parts, then restores. The environment ends up matching the backup.
4

Review, then confirm

For Replace you type the environment’s name to confirm. A dry run shows what would change before anything does.

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The safety net

Leave Save the current state first on. Before Replace, Pawabase saves what is there now as a backup called Before restore, so a restore that was a mistake can be undone by restoring that.
Replace deletes the current rows, users and definitions in the parts you chose. Be sure you picked the right environment before you confirm.

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What a restore does not bring back

Backups never contain API keys, secret values, stored files, sessions, logs or jobs. After a restore into a fresh environment:
  • Create new API keys.
  • Add your secrets again.
  • Reconnect AI providers, and re-add connection keys.
  • Files in buckets stay where they are; they aren’t part of a backup.
People keep their passwords: a backup holds each person’s password hash, so they sign in as before. Because of that, keep backup files private.

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Move to another environment

  1. Download a backup from the source (tick the parts).
  2. In the target, Restore from a backup, upload the file and choose Merge.
For moving people alone, use Import and export.

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After restoring

  1. Open Activity and check for errors.
  2. Check a few rows and sign in as a test user.
  3. If something is wrong, restore Before restore to go back.