Restore a backup

Restore the database and signing material together. Use an isolated or replacement host, not a running database with newer records you need to keep.

On a fresh host, with the same release checked out and the same .env, from the checkout:

docker compose up -d db

docker compose exec -T db psql -U nimstead -d nimstead < ~/nimstead.sql

docker compose run --rm --no-deps -T --user root -v "$HOME/nimstead-data:/restore:ro" --entrypoint sh app -c 'cp -R /restore/. /data/ && chown -R nimstead /data'

docker compose up -d

Then open Evidence: Chain verified means the ledger matches its signed checkpoints, and the key fingerprint should be the one your auditor has.

Confirm that agents report again and compare the evidence fingerprint with your trusted copy. If it differs, stop the handover to auditors and check that you restored the matching data volume. See backups for checkpoint and history limits.