The Backups section of the Configuration management menu allows ADMIN users to back up a portal's configuration and restore it.
To create a backup, go through the following steps:
- Select Create a new backup, or select New and Backup.
- Enter a name and description.
- Select Create backup.
The configuration of the portal is backed up and can be restored if needed.
- Backups expire after 3 months. Regularly back up the portal configuration to avoid expiration. A warning is displayed 2 weeks before a backup expires.
- It is possible to have up to 10 backups.
It is not possible to schedule backups.
To restore a backup:
- Select the Apply this configuration button in the backup card.
- Select the configuration categories to import.
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Select Apply.
A message is displayed to confirm the application.
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Confirm.
- Wait for the application.
The portal configuration is restored.
Restoring a backup from the Access rules, Enrich and Clean, Metadata configuration, Pretty URL, or Vocabularies category requires a reprocess.