Title: Restoring site using AWS
Last modified: June 11, 2021

---

# Restoring site using AWS

 *  Resolved [sworden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sworden/)
 * (@sworden)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-site-using-aws/)
 * We have our backups going to AWS. I have entered the access key, secret key, 
   and S3 location. We have backups there and UpdraftPlus sees them. I downloaded
   the database, uploads, and other backups using UpdraftPlus, then clicked the 
   Restore button. I get a message saying UpdraftPlus has begun looking for these
   entities, but it has been looking for three hours. Am I doing something wrong?
   Do I have a wrong setting? Do I need to restore my site manually instead? I’m
   at a loss here.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Frestoring-site-using-aws%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-site-using-aws/#post-14548255)
 * Hi,
 * From your description, it appears that the process gets timed out or killed off.
   Most likely the process has been cut off by the server. Can you check with your
   host/server admin?
 * As a workaround, you can download the files directly from your remote storage
   and upload them directly to the “wp-content/” via FTP. This way it would not 
   have to use your serve resources to download the files.
 * Regards,
    Bryle
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-site-using-aws/#post-14549778)
 * > upload them directly to the “wp-content/” via FTP
 * Should say: “upload them directly to the directory “wp-content/updraft” via FTP”

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

The topic ‘Restoring site using AWS’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/updraftplus/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1686200)
 * [UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [aws](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/aws/)
 * [restore](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/restore/)

 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-site-using-aws/#post-14549778)
 * Status: resolved