shelly backup restore On this page shelly backup restore# Restore a device from backup
Synopsis# Restore a Shelly device from a backup file.
By default, all data from the backup is restored. Use –skip-* flags
to exclude specific sections.
Network configuration (WiFi, Ethernet) is skipped by default with
–skip-network to prevent losing connectivity.
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shelly backup restore <device> <file> [flags]
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# Restore from backup (skip network config)
shelly backup restore living-room backup.json
# Dry run - show what would change
shelly backup restore living-room backup.json --dry-run
# Restore everything including network config
shelly backup restore living-room backup.json --skip-network=false
# Restore encrypted backup
shelly backup restore living-room backup.json --decrypt mysecret
# Skip scripts during restore
shelly backup restore living-room backup.json --skip-scripts
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-d, --decrypt string Password to decrypt backup
--dry-run Show what would be restored without applying
-h, --help help for restore
--skip-network Skip network configuration (WiFi, Ethernet) (default true)
--skip-schedules Skip schedule restoration
--skip-scripts Skip script restoration
--skip-webhooks Skip webhook restoration
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--config string Config file (default $HOME/.config/shelly/config.yaml)
--log-categories string Filter logs by category (comma-separated: network,api,device,config,auth,plugin)
--log-json Output logs in JSON format
--no-color Disable colored output
--no-headers Hide table headers in output
--offline Only read from cache, error on cache miss
-o, --output string Output format (table, json, yaml, template) (default "table")
--plain Disable borders and colors (machine-readable output)
-q, --quiet Suppress non-essential output
--refresh Bypass cache and fetch fresh data from device
--template string Go template string for output (use with -o template)
-v, --verbose count Increase verbosity (-v=info, -vv=debug, -vvv=trace)
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