rqlite supports loading a cluster directly from a SQLite dump file. This is a fast and efficient manner to bootstrap a system from an existing SQLite database, or to restore from an existing [node backup](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/blob/master/doc/BACKUPS.md). An example restore is shown below.
rqlite supports loading a node directly from a SQLite dump file. This is a fast and efficient manner to bootstrap a system from an existing SQLite database, or to restore from an existing [node backup](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/blob/master/doc/BACKUPS.md). An example restore is shown below.
## Example
## Example
The following example shows a trivial database being generated by sqlite3, dumped to a file, and then loaded into an rqlite node listening on localhost.
The following example shows a trivial database being generated by `sqlite3`, dumped to a file, and then loaded into a rqlite node listening on localhost.