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@ -190,17 +190,24 @@ You can use a backup during the onboarding process to restore your configuration
1. If you are migrating to a new device and you had controllers or radios connected (such as a Z-Wave stick or Connect ZBT-1): 1. If you are migrating to a new device and you had controllers or radios connected (such as a Z-Wave stick or Connect ZBT-1):
- make sure to plug them into the new device. - make sure to plug them into the new device.
2. After Home Assistant has been installed, on the welcome screen, select **Restore from backup**. 2. You can either restore a backup from your local machine or a backup stored on Home Assistant Cloud:
- Then, select **Upload backup**. - **Option 1**: restoring from a local backup.
- The file explorer opens on the device on which you are viewing the Home Assistant User interface. - On the welcome screen, select **Upload backup**.
- You can access any connected network drive from there. - Select **Select backup file**.
3. Select the backup file, then, in the dialog, select all parts you want to restore. - The file explorer opens on the device on which you are viewing the Home Assistant User interface.
- Your current system will be overwritten with the parts that you choose to restore. - You can access any connected network drive from there.
- If you want to restore the complete configuration with all directories and add-ons, select everything. - Select the backup file.
4. Under **Backup password**, enter the encryption key stored in the [backup emergency kit](/more-info/backup-emergency-kit/). - **Option 2**: restoring from a Home Assistant Cloud backup.
5. To start the process, select **Restore**. - On the welcome screen, select **Home Assistant Cloud**.
- Sign in to Home Assistant Cloud.
3. In the dialog, select all the parts you want to restore.
- Your current system will be overwritten with the parts that you choose to restore.
- If you want to restore the complete configuration with all directories and add-ons, select everything.
4. Enter the encryption key stored in the [backup emergency kit](/more-info/backup-emergency-kit/).
5. To start the process, select **Restore backup**.
- The restore may take a while, depending on the amount of data. - The restore may take a while, depending on the amount of data.
- To see if the restore is complete, reload the page from time to time. - Don't refresh the page. Just wait.
- If you refresh the page, you will see a "Not found" message. This is because the system is shutdown, wiped, and reinstalled from the backup. During that time, it won't be reachable.
- If your previous installation had certificates enabled directly for the [`http` integration](/integrations/http), when the restore is complete, it will no longer respond to `http://` requests. In this case, use `https://` (added `s`) instead. - If your previous installation had certificates enabled directly for the [`http` integration](/integrations/http), when the restore is complete, it will no longer respond to `http://` requests. In this case, use `https://` (added `s`) instead.
6. On the login screen, enter the credentials of the system from which you took the backup. 6. On the login screen, enter the credentials of the system from which you took the backup.
- The login password and username must match the ones you used at the time the backup was taken. - The login password and username must match the ones you used at the time the backup was taken.