# Backup/restore grafana server

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-restore-grafana-server/121>\
**Category:** Configuration\
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-restore-grafana-server/121 "2017-03-17T11:34:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![thehipster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@thehipster](https://community.grafana.com/u/thehipster)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-restore-grafana-server/121/6 "2018-02-13T04:37:42Z")

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I trried copying /etc/grafana with file grafana.ini and /var/lib/grafana folder with grafana.db and provided 777 permission , I am able to login to grafana but not able to find any of my dashboards or DB config

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