diff --git a/files/default/s3_mysql_restore.rb b/files/default/s3_mysql_restore.rb
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+require 'aws-sdk'
+require 'open3'
+require 'syslog'
+require 'yaml'
+
+TEMP_TGZ_FILE = 'temp/tgz'
+
+def run_system_command(command)
+  stdout, stderr, exit_status = Open3.capture3(command)
+  unless exit_status.success?
+    puts [stdout, stderr].join("\n")
+    raise "Command failed: #{command}"
+  end
+  stdout
+end
+
+config = YAML.load_file('config.yml')
+s3 = config['s3']
+default_restore_prefix = Time.now.strftime(s3['time_prefix'])
+
+mysql_user, mysql_pw, restore_prefix = ARGV
+unless mysql_user && mysql_pw
+  puts "Restore selected selected sql dump file from S3 storage."
+  puts "usage:  ruby #{__FILE__} mysql_user mysql_password <restore_prefix, default = #{default_restore_prefix}>"
+  exit
+end
+restore_prefix ||= default_restore_prefix
+
+objects_saved = 0
+s3_client = Aws::S3::Client.new(access_key_id: s3['access_key_id'], secret_access_key: s3['secret_access_key'], region: s3['region'])
+selected_backup_files = Aws::S3::Bucket.new(s3['bucket'], client: s3_client).objects(prefix: restore_prefix)
+
+puts "Ready to restore #{selected_backup_files.size} sql files from bucket #{s3['bucket']} with prefix '#{restore_prefix}'."
+puts "[Enter] to start."
+gets
+
+selected_backup_files.each do |backup_file|
+  tarfile = backup_file.key.split('/').last
+  sqlfile = tarfile.split('.tgz').first
+  dbname = sqlfile.split('.sql').first
+  backup_file.get({response_target: tarfile})
+  run_system_command "tar -xvzf " + tarfile
+  run_system_command "mysql -u #{mysql_user} -p#{mysql_password} -e 'drop database if exists `#{dbname}`'"
+  run_system_command "mysql -u #{mysql_user} -p#{mysql_password} -e 'create database `#{dbname}`'"
+  run_system_command "cat sqlfile | mysql --database=#{dbname}"
+  puts "Loaded #{sqlfile} (#{File.new(sqlfile).size} bytes) to database '#{dbname}'"
+  File.delete tarfile
+  File.delete sqlfile
+end