Restoring master-pubkey encrypted backups?

restorita

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Aug 30, 2025
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Hello

I have an untrusted proxmox backup server

I used the master-pubkey feature to encrypt the backups of my VMs.

I've added my pbs and i see my backups, I can even restore a backup but i'm never prompted for any master key.

But obviously the restored VM won't start.

Can someone please walk me through how to restore a VM from backup now? I've tried to search but there's very little info available regarding master-pubkey.

A simple step by step would really be appreciated.
 
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Nevermind, turns out i dont understand master-pubkey at all. I was able to restore my backup without using my master privkey at all...