Failed to restore ODK central using a downloaded backup file

[danbjoseph]

A restore should be done to the same version that created the backup. If you need to install an older version of Central to match the version that created the backup please see this thread:

Upgrade central to not-most-recent version

That sounds like a good approach. Just remember to read all the upgrade notes between your current version and the one you'll be upgrading to. The only thing that needs to change is that you checkout a version after the clone. git clone https://github.com/getodk/central git checkout v2023.1.0 git submodule update -i ... The rest of the commands should work, but when you need to upgrade in the future, you'll need to remember to git checkout master first and deal with whatever merge conflicts e…

ODK Central database migration incomplete - #2 by Matthew_White also mentions a Cannot find module error, and the suggestion is to make sure the submodule are updated. You might also run the following and post the output here to help troubleshoot:

git rev-parse HEAD
git submodule

But again, I suspect your issue may be (at least partly) because you are trying to restore to a different version than the version the created the backup.