Procedure to backup and restore Cyberwatch
Backup Cyberwatch
With a snapshot
You can make a Cyberwatch backup by taking a snapshot of the Cyberwatch machine.
If you are using several Cyberwatch instances taking a snapshot of the master instance is enough.
By doing a backup of Cyberwatch data
Cyberwatch configuration files are stored in folder /etc/cyberwatch
. Cyberwatch recommends to backup these files and the content of the database.
Backups of images and containers is not necessary because these objects are automatically downloaded when Cyberwatch restarts.
- Ensure the instance is started.
-
Dump the database :
sudo cyberwatch backup save
- Backup the file created in
/var/lib/cyberwatch/backups
. - Backup configuration folder
/etc/cyberwatch
.
Restore Cyberwatch from a backup
- Ensure the instance is started.
-
Restore the database from a dump file. The content of the database will be overwritten :
sudo cyberwatch backup restore BACKUP_FILE.sql.gz
By default, the command automatically completes with the files available in folder
/var/lib/cyberwatch/backups
. If no files are provided, the command offers a selection of the backup files available in folder/var/lib/cyberwatch/backups
.