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```
### Restore to an alternate host
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.7.15</span> You
can restore a database dump to a host other than the one from which it was
originally dumped. You can also change other connection parameters like the
username, password, and port. This can be done from the command line:
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.7.15</span>
A database dump can be restored to a host other than the one from which it was
originally dumped. The connection parameters like the username, password, and
port can also be changed. This can be done from the command line:
```bash
borgmatic restore --archive latest --database users --hostname database2.example.org --port 5433 --username postgres --password trustsome1
@ -351,8 +351,7 @@ borgmatic restore --archive latest --database users --hostname database2.example
Or from the configuration file:
```yaml
hooks:
postgresql_databases:
postgresql_databases:
- name: users
hostname: database1.example.org
restore_hostname: database1.example.org

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@ -44,23 +44,6 @@ entire contents of the archive to the current directory, so make sure you're
in the right place before running the command—or see below about the
`--destination` flag.
## Extract the configuration file used to create an archive
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.7.15</span> Borgmatic
also stores the configuration file used to create an archive, inside the
archive itself. This is useful in cases where you've lost your configuration
file, or you want to see what configuration was used to create a particular
archive.
To extract the configuration file from an archive, use the `config bootstrap` action:
```bash
borgmatic config bootstrap --repository repo.borg --destination /tmp
```
This extracts the configuration file from the latest archive in the repository `repo.borg` to `/tmp/config.yaml`.
## Repository selection
If you have a single repository in your borgmatic configuration file(s), no
@ -161,3 +144,29 @@ When you're all done exploring your files, unmount your mount point. No
```bash
borgmatic umount --mount-point /mnt
```
## Extract the configuration files used to create an archive
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.7.15</span> borgmatic
automatically stores all the configuration files used to create an archive inside the
archive itself. This is useful in cases where you've lost a configuration
file, or you want to see what configurations were used to create a particular
archive.
To extract the configuration files from an archive, use the `config bootstrap` action. For example:
```bash
borgmatic config bootstrap --repository repo.borg --destination /tmp
```
This extracts the configuration file from the latest archive in the repository `repo.borg` to `/tmp/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml`, assuming that the only configuration file used to create this archive was located at `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` when the archive was created.
Note that to run the `config bootstrap` action, you don't need to have a borgmatic configuration file. You only need to specify the repository to use via the `--repository` flag, borgmatic will figure out the rest.
If a destination directory is not specified, the configuration files will be extracted to their original locations, silently **overwriting** any configuration files that may already exist. For example, if a configuration file was located at `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` when the archive was created, it will be extracted to `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` too. This is in line with the `extract` action, which extracts files to their original locations by default.
If you want to extract the configuration file from a specific archive, use the `--archive` flag:
```bash
borgmatic config bootstrap --repository repo.borg --archive host-2023-01-02T04:06:07.080910 --destination /tmp
```