Restore a web app from a backup using CLI

This sample script creates a web app in App Service with its related resources, and then creates a one-time backup for it.

To run this script, you need an existing backup for a web app. To create one, see Backup up a web app or Create a scheduled backup for a web app.

If you choose to install and use the CLI locally, you need Azure CLI version 2.0 or later. To find the version, run az --version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install the Azure CLI.

Sample script

#!/bin/bash

groupname="myResourceGroup"
webappname="<replace-with-your-app-name>"

# List statuses of all backups that are complete or currently executing.
az webapp config backup list --resource-group $groupname --webapp-name $webappname

# Note the backupItemName and storageAccountUrl properties of the backup you want to restore

# Restore the app by overwriting it with the backup data
# Be sure to replace <backupItemName> and <storageAccountUrl>
az webapp config backup restore --resource-group $groupname --webapp-name $webappname \
--backup-name <backupItemName> --container-url <storageAccountUrl> --overwrite

Clean up deployment

After the sample script has been run, the following command can be used to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it.

az group delete --name myResourceGroup

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

Additional App Service CLI script samples can be found in the Azure App Service documentation.