Restore RepairBay from a backup

Server check

✅ PHP 8.1 or newer
✅ pdo_mysql
✅ mbstring
✅ curl
✅ fileinfo
✅ openssl
✅ zlib (backups)
✅ sodium (backup encryption)
✅ gd (photo cleanup, optional)

Where things live

App address

Config file (outside the web root)

Storage folder (outside the web root)

Test copy label (leave blank for a real shop)

Type TEST for a test bed: every page shows a red TEST COPY strip and every email and text starts with [TEST]. Change or clear it later in the config file ('instance_label').

Database (empty, on this server)

Host

Port

Database name

User

Password

The backup

Upload the newest rb-…sql.gz.enc (from R2 → bucket → backups/, or from the old server) with cPanel File Manager into the storage folder's backups/ folder, then reload this page.

Backup file

No backup found in that storage folder yet.

Backup key (rbk1_…, from the key file you saved)

Leave empty if you already put backup.key back beside the config file.

Email

Send with

From address (a domain on this cPanel)

SMTP host

SMTP port

Security

SMTP user

SMTP password

Twilio (SMS and WhatsApp — can be added later)

Account SID

Auth token

SMS number

WhatsApp number

Messaging service SID (optional)

Cloudflare R2 (photos and backups — optional)

Account ID

Access key

Secret key

Bucket