Restore Semaphore Manual Restore We haven't included a playbook in Semaphore to restore itself, because it's a bit like sawing the branch off that you're hanging from. To restore from your Semaphore backup, you can follow this process. Start with a fresh install following the Deploy Semaphore Guide , except CTRL-C and exit the installation. Search and replace the semaphore-netos-netops.sql file in the /netos/netos-netops/roles/semaphore-install/files with your SQL backup and restart the install using deploy.sh Restore the tar.gz file to /netos/ Restore the tar.gz file to /etc/nginx Restart the server and connect to Semaphore Decrypting Backup Files If you want to manually decrypt the  enc files on your local workstation, use the following commands.  openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -in BACKUP_FILE.enc -out OUTPUT.sql.gz/.tar.gz You will need the password set in the Semaphore Backup Settings Semaphore environment variable ENCRYPTION_KEY .