rqlite supports loading a node directly from two sources, either of which can be used to restore from an existing [node backup](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/blob/master/DOC/BACKUPS.md):
- An actual SQLite database file. This is the fastest way to initialize a rqlite node from an existing SQLite database.
- SQLite dump file. This is another convenient manner to initialize a system from an existing SQLite database, or to restore from an . But if your database is large, it can be slow.
- SQLite dump file. This is another convenient manner to initialize a system from an existing SQLite database. But if your source database is large, it can be slow.
## Examples
The following examples show a trivial database being generated by `sqlite3`, the SQLite file being backed up, converted to the corresponding list of SQL commands, and then loaded into a rqlite node listening on localhost using each form.
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