--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scripts/restore-ipdp.sh	Wed Jul 02 13:27:07 2025 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
+
+source "${SSDT_SCRIPTS:-$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")}/.functions.sh"
+
+sourceFile=${1?must provide backup file to be restored}
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+  echo "Usage: `basename $0` {backup file to restore}"
+  echo " must specify the name of the file to restore.  Assumed to be in format:"
+  echo "     {entityId}-ipdp-db.{timestamp}.backup.gz  "
+  exit $E_NOARGS
+fi
+
+function prop {
+   grep "${1}" .env/ipdp-shared.properties|cut -d'=' -f2
+}
+
+entityId=$(prop 'entityId' | tr -d '"')
+dbContainerName="$entityId-ipdp-db"
+appContainerName="$entityId-ipdp-app"
+target="ipdpdb"
+
+echo
+echo "Preparing to restore"
+echo "--------------------"
+echo "   file: $sourceFile"
+echo "   to    $dbContainerName database: $target"
+echo " "
+echo "WARNING:  This operation will DELETE and replace any exising database"
+echo " "
+
+read -e -p "Continue? <y/N> " answer
+case $answer in
+     y | Y | yes | YES ) answer="y";;
+     n | N | no | NO ) answer="n";;
+     *) answer="n"
+esac
+
+if [ "$answer" == "y" ]
+then
+  echo "stopping application service $appContainerName"
+  docker stop $appContainerName
+
+  echo "copy backup file to database container"
+  docker cp ${sourceFile} ${dbContainerName}:/tmp/restore.backup.gz
+
+  echo "starting database restore"
+  docker exec -t -u postgres $dbContainerName sh -c "gunzip -f /tmp/restore.backup.gz -c | psql"
+
+fi