# cedana restore

Restore a container/process

## Options

```
  -a, --attach             attach stdin/out/err
      --attachable         make it attachable, but don't attach
      --criu-opts string   CRIU options JSON (overriddes individual CRIU flags)
      --external strings   resources from external namespaces (can be multiple)
      --file-locks         restore file locks
      --gpu-id string      specify existing GPU controller ID to attach (internal use only)
  -h, --help               help for restore
      --leave-stopped      leave the process stopped after restore
      --link-remap         remap links to invisible files during restore
      --no-server          select how to run restores
  -o, --out string         log path to forward stdout/err
  -p, --path string        path of dump
      --pid-file string    file to write PID to
      --shell-job          process is not session leader (shell job)
      --tcp-close          allow listening TCP sockets to exist on restore
      --tcp-established    restore tcp established connections
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --address string      address to use (host:port for TCP, path for UNIX, cid:port for VSOCK)
      --config string       one-time config JSON string (merge with existing config)
      --config-dir string   custom config directory
      --profiling           enable profiling/show profiling data
      --protocol string     protocol to use (TCP, UNIX, VSOCK)
```

## SEE ALSO

* [cedana](/daemon/references/cli/cedana.md) - Root command for Cedana
* [cedana restore containerd](https://github.com/cedana/cedana/blob/main/docs/references/cli/cedana_restore_containerd.md) - Restore a containerd container
* [cedana restore job](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_restore_job.md) - Restore a managed process/container (job)
* [cedana restore process](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_restore_process.md) - Restore a process
* [cedana restore runc](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_restore_runc.md) - Restore a runc container


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