I had to perform a restore on my website due to an error, which failed. Unfortunately, I don't have a screenshot.
I now want to perform another restore using kickstart.php, but I get the message: "Error establishing a database connection" when I start the process.
Best regards
wolfgang Pinter
#42433 Cannot restore my website
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Environment Information
PHP version
7.4
CMS Type
WordPress
CMS Version
6.8.3
Backup Tool Version
9.0.6
Kickstart version
8.0.1
Latest post by wopi45 on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 08:52 CST
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 05:52 CST
wopi45
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 06:40 CST
wopi45
Hello,
here yout got a Screenshot with my error after restore with Kickstart.
I Hope may you help me.
Besz regards
Wolfgang
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 08:43 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Kickstart is just extracting the backup archive. You are looking at the restoration script which is part of the backup archive itself.
The problem you get right now tells me that you have not filled in the "Site address (URL)" field in the previous page (Site Setup). Please retry the restoration, remembering to enter your site's address (https://kreativ-ev.de) in the "Site address (URL)" field of the Site Setup page.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Wednesday, 12 November 2025 08:52 CST
wopi45
I'm sorry that was my mistake. I'm really forget to filled the "Site Adress"
Many thanks fore your fast response