I am using the Backup and Migrate Module (Still learning, but have used Drupal 7 for 10+ years). When I restore from the backup, the blocks and theme settings are not restored, just the page and article content. Am I missing something?

 

 

Accepted answer

Blocks and many/most settings in Backdrop are stored as configuration in *.json files.

So, in addition to backing up your database you'll want to back up your configuration files as well.

You can export your configuration from /admin/config/development/configuration/full/export

Importing the database and the configuration should restore your site.  here is a little more detail on the situation: https://serundeputy.io/backdrop-cmi

There is an issue in the backup_migrate issue queue to support backup of config as well, but it is not implemented yet.

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Blocks and many/most settings in Backdrop are stored as configuration in *.json files.

So, in addition to backing up your database you'll want to back up your configuration files as well.

You can export your configuration from /admin/config/development/configuration/full/export

Importing the database and the configuration should restore your site.  here is a little more detail on the situation: https://serundeputy.io/backdrop-cmi

There is an issue in the backup_migrate issue queue to support backup of config as well, but it is not implemented yet.

Sorry! I thought I had responded to this a very long time ago! 

Thanks for the info!

 

If your config files are in the default location they will get backed up if you do a full backup of files and database.