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Backing up and restoring GitHub Enterprise Server with GitHub Actions enabled	Backing up and restoring	{% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} data on your external storage provider is not included in regular {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} backups, and must be backed up separately.	ghes *	how_to	Actions Backups Enterprise Infrastructure	/admin/github-actions/backing-up-and-restoring-github-enterprise-server-with-github-actions-enabled

{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-storage-ha-backups %}

If you use {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise_backup_utilities %} to back up {% data variables.product.product_location %}, it's important to note that {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} data stored on your external storage provider is not included in the backup.

This is an overview of the steps required to restore {% data variables.product.product_location %} with {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} to a new appliance:

1. Confirm that the original appliance is offline.

2. Manually configure network settings on the replacement {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} appliance. Network settings are excluded from the backup snapshot, and are not overwritten by ghe-restore.

3. To configure the replacement appliance to use the same {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} external storage configuration as the original appliance, from the new appliance, set the required parameters with ghe-config command.

   • Azure Blob Storage

   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.blob-provider "azure"
   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.azure.connection-string "_Connection_String_"
   

   • Amazon S3

   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.blob-provider "s3"
   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.s3.bucket-name "_S3_Bucket_Name"
   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.s3.service-url "_S3_Service_URL_"
   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.s3.access-key-id "_S3_Access_Key_ID_"
   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.s3.access-secret "_S3_Access_Secret_"
   

   • Optionally, to enable S3 force path style, enter the following command:

   ghe-config secrets.actions.storage.s3.force-path-style true
   

4. Enable {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} on the replacement appliance. This will connect the replacement appliance to the same external storage for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}.

   ghe-config app.actions.enabled true
   ghe-config-apply
   

5. After {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} is configured and enabled, use the ghe-restore command to restore the rest of the data from the backup. For more information, see "Restoring a backup."

6. Re-register your self-hosted runners on the replacement appliance. For more information, see Adding self-hosted runners.

For more information on backing up and restoring {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %}, see "Configuring backups on your appliance."