Generate and download Disembark backups from the command line.
Download latest version of disembark.phar using wget or from Disembark CLI release.
wget https://github.com/DisembarkHost/disembark-cli/releases/latest/download/disembark.phar
Then copy to user local bin for global availability of disembark.
chmod +x disembark.phar
sudo mv disembark.phar /usr/local/bin/disembark
Connect a site with its per-site token (from Tools → Disembark), or with a WordPress application password in user:application password form:
disembark connect <site-url> <token>
disembark connect <site-url> "admin:xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx"
Back up a connected site (writes a snapshot-<timestamp>-<domain>.zip in the current directory):
disembark backup <site-url>
Restore a backup snapshot into a connected site. This overwrites the destination — a rollback point is saved first, and its id is printed before anything destructive runs:
disembark restore <site-url> <folder>
disembark restore <site-url> --rollback=<id>
The restore reads the origin URL and table prefix from the snapshot's disembark-source.json (recorded by disembark backup), rewrites URLs to the destination (serialize-aware), and remaps the table prefix when the destination's differs — migrated users keep their roles. Use --source-url= / --source-prefix= to override, --skip-db / --skip-files to restore only part, and --yes to skip the confirmation prompt.
Other commands:
disembark sync <site-url> [<folder>] # create/update a local mirror
disembark info <site-url> # connection status + storage usage
disembark ncdu <site-url> # browse remote disk usage interactively
disembark version
On the source WordPress website run the following commands:
wp plugin install https://github.com/DisembarkHost/disembark/releases/latest/download/disembark.zip --activate
wp disembark cli-info
This will return the connection command which will link the the website to Disembark CLI.
disembark connect https://my-site.localhost exYNhNLr5dKymZqJZXomW0ie1tkyEyOjKgTSchhmih
