<![CDATA[wp db import : file missing or not readable]]>Hello,

On my others hosting system, I sued to use WP-CLI to manage my WordPress websites.
To import DB I'm using https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/db/import/

On my Cloudron WordPress developer, I can't use this command.

root@b8b274fd-2cfa-49b9-a088-fb2f905ba032:/app/data/public# wp db import backup.sql 
Error: Import file missing or not readable: backup.sql
root@b8b274fd-2cfa-49b9-a088-fb2f905ba032:/app/data/public# ls -la
total 85896
drwxr-xr-x  6 www-data www-data     4096 Jan 15 06:40 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 www-data www-data     4096 Jan 15 06:27 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data 87625537 Jan 15 06:39 backup.sql
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data      405 Jan 15 06:26 index.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    19903 Jan 15 06:26 license.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     7425 Jan 15 06:26 readme.html
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     7349 Jan 15 06:26 wp-activate.php
drwxr-xr-x  9 www-data www-data     4096 Jan 15 06:26 wp-admin
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data      351 Jan 15 06:26 wp-blog-header.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     2323 Jan 15 06:26 wp-comments-post.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     3339 Jan 15 06:26 wp-config-sample.php
-rw-rw-r--  1 www-data www-data     3690 Jan 15 06:27 wp-config.php
drwxr-xr-x 17 www-data www-data     4096 Jan 15 06:51 wp-content
drwxr-xr-x  6 www-data www-data     4096 Jan 15 06:27 wp-content-old
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     5617 Jan 15 06:26 wp-cron.php
drwxr-xr-x 31 www-data www-data    16384 Jan 15 06:26 wp-includes
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     2493 Jan 15 06:26 wp-links-opml.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     3937 Jan 15 06:26 wp-load.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    51437 Jan 15 06:26 wp-login.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     8727 Jan 15 06:26 wp-mail.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    31055 Jan 15 06:26 wp-settings.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    34516 Jan 15 06:26 wp-signup.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     5214 Jan 15 06:26 wp-trackback.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data     3205 Jan 15 06:26 xmlrpc.php
root@b8b274fd-2cfa-49b9-a088-fb2f905ba032:/app/data/public#

Any idea why ?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/14898/wp-db-import-file-missing-or-not-readableRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 10:58:33 GMTThu, 15 Jan 2026 07:17:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:21:35 GMT]]>Hello @sebastienserre
Have you tried using the full path to the file?

wp db import /app/data/public/backup.sql
]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118552https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118552Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:21:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:32:21 GMT]]>@sebastienserre @james 👏👏👏

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118586https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118586Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:32:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:44:55 GMT]]>oh! I'm sorry, i missed @james answer. wp db command works with the full path

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118584https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118584Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:44:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:23:58 GMT]]>@p44 said in wp db import : file missing or not readable:

did you try to upload file in TMP folder and then, from command line, point to that file?

or just the full path as suggested by @james ?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118580https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118580Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:23:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:05:36 GMT]]>@sebastienserre Thanks for your feedback: I’m glad that method works.

About your original question, did you try to upload file in TMP folder and then, from command line, point to that file?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118577https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118577Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:05:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:01:47 GMT]]>@p44 tip works but it's really easier to launch a wp db import backup.sql command.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118576https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118576Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:01:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:23:01 GMT]]>Yes, my question was, why this specific import method from WPCLi (which is easier than a SQL query) doesn't work.
I do not know if I'm doing something wrong or if it's a limitation of the WordPress developer Cloudron app.

but thank you for your tip @p44

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118564https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118564Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:23:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:26:51 GMT]]>@james Method I suggested is "half way" between wp-cli and Cloudron. 😉

«All roads lead to Rome»

Let’s see if works also for @sebastienserre scenario

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118557https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118557Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:26:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:07:58 GMT]]>Hello @p44
This is one way.
It is also documented https://docs.cloudron.io/guides/import-mysql

But I know that @sebastienserre knows about this documentation from his latest @dolibarr migration.
So I guess his question is specific to the wp-cli.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118556https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118556Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:07:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:02:21 GMT]]>I don’t know your use case, but please try to follow these steps, from Cloudron instance command line.

Note that the old DB will be totally deleted.

Before, upload mysqldump.sql to TMP folder

Then, open MySQL command line and type:

STATUS; //to know database name
DROP DATABASE cfda74f223139c8; //delete old DB
CREATE DATABASE cfda74f223139c8; //create a new DB
USE cfda74f223139c8; //use new created DB
SOURCE mysqldump.sql; //import DB

cfda74f223139c8 is only for demo purpose, instead, you’ve to put your DB Name that comes from STATUS command.

Check if DB is imported:

show tables;

Let us know if everything works good.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118553https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118553Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:02:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to wp db import : file missing or not readable on Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:21:35 GMT]]>Hello @sebastienserre
Have you tried using the full path to the file?

wp db import /app/data/public/backup.sql
]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118552https://forum.cloudron.io/post/118552Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:21:35 GMT