Management Console backup & restore

Backup

The Management Console back ups objects definitions: Agents, Jobs and Job runs, groups, profiles, users and user groups, cloud connectors, API key, etc. Backups are created automatically but can be also created on demand.

Excluded from the backup

The following items are not included in the backup:

Events
Management Console's configuration file
Management Console's debug logs

Backup schedule

By default, backups are created daily at 6 AM, and the backup files are retained for 30 days. The backup frequency and the time interval the backup files are stored are configurable. For details, see Change backup frequency.

Backup files location

Default backup files locations:

Windows: C:\ProgramData\Resilio\Connect Server\data\server_backup
Linux: {resilio-connect-server}/var/data/server_backup/

You can change the default backup files location. For details, see Change backup files location.

Change backup frequency

The backup schedule is defined by the schedule parameter in the backup section of the configuration file.

"backup": {
    "cleanup": "0 0 6 * * *",
    "schedule": "0 0 6 * * *",
    "ttl": 30
},

The schedule parameter's syntax is similar to crontab's with the only difference being that the values are second, minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week. The default value of "0 0 6 * * *" represents every day at 6 AM.

Change backup files location

To change the backup files location, add the path parameter in the backup section of the Management Console's configuration file, then restart Resilio Active Everywhere Management Console service.

"backup": {
    "schedule": "*/5 * * * *",
    "cleanup": "*/5 * * * *",
    "ttl": 30,
    "path": "C:\\srv_bak\\backups"
},

Tip

On Windows, make sure to escape the backslash characters.

No symbolic links

Do not attempt to use symbolic links to point backup to a different location.

Create a backup on demand

To create a backup on demand:

In the Management Console, select Settings > Backups.
Click BACKUP NOW.

Restore from a backup

To restore the Management Console's settings from a backup:

In the Management Console, select Settings > Backups.
Select a backup that you want to restore, then click RESTORE.
Click Continue to proceed.