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Backing up and restoring GitHub Enterprise Server with GitHub Actions enabled	Backing up and restoring	To restore a backup of {% data variables.location.product_location %} when {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} is enabled, you must configure {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} before restoring the backup with {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise_backup_utilities %}.	ghes *	how_to	Actions Backups Enterprise Infrastructure	/admin/github-actions/backing-up-and-restoring-github-enterprise-server-with-github-actions-enabled

About backups of {% data variables.product.product_name %} when using {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}

You can use {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise_backup_utilities %} to back up and restore the data and configuration for {% data variables.location.product_location %} to a new instance. For more information, see "Configuring backups on your appliance."

However, not all the data for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} is included in these backups. {% data reusables.actions.enterprise-storage-ha-backups %}

Restoring a backup of {% data variables.product.product_name %} when {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} is enabled

To restore a backup of {% data variables.location.product_location %} with {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}, you must manually configure network settings and external storage on the destination instance before you restore your backup from {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise_backup_utilities %}.

1. Confirm that the source instance is offline.

2. Manually configure network settings on the replacement {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} instance. Network settings are excluded from the backup snapshot, and are not overwritten by ghe-restore. For more information, see "Configuring network settings."

3. SSH into the destination instance. For more information, see "Accessing the administrative shell (SSH)."

   $ ssh -p 122 admin@HOSTNAME
   

4. Configure the destination instance to use the same external storage service for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} as the source instance by entering one of the following commands. {% indented_data_reference reusables.actions.configure-storage-provider-platform-commands spaces=3 %} {% data reusables.actions.configure-storage-provider %}

5. To prepare to enable {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} on the destination instance, enter the following command.

   ghe-config app.actions.enabled true
   

{% data reusables.actions.apply-configuration-and-enable %}

1. After {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} is configured and enabled, to restore the rest of the data from the backup, use the ghe-restore command. For more information, see "Restoring a backup."
2. Re-register your self-hosted runners on the destination instance. For more information, see "Adding self-hosted runners."