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Backup / Restore Configuration

Updated over 3 months ago

Prerequisite: This feature is reserved for users with an administrator role.

Access the Configuration / Backup Restore menu.

The page consists of two parts. The first part allows you to back up the Box's current configuration to a file. The second part allows you to restore a configuration from a file.

Backing Up the Configuration

You can back up the application configuration into a backup file to restore it later. The following information will be backed up:

  • Network configuration

  • Cloud settings without secret API key and secret bucket key

  • Data source information

  • Date and time information

To do this, click the "Save application configuration" button :

Restoring a Configuration

You can restore the application configuration from a backup file obtained via this page. The following information will be overwritten:

  • User information

  • Network configuration

  • Cloud configuration without the API key and without the bucket secret key. You will need to provide an API secret key and a bucket secret key on the cloud configuration page.

  • Data source information

  • Date and time information

Note: The entire configuration of this application will be overwritten with the information from the backup file.

To do this, click "Restore", and select a file.

If the selected configuration file has been modified since it was exported, a message will indicate :

If the backup file has not been modified since it was exported, the warning message does not appear :

To proceed with the configuration restore, click "Confirm".

Note : The restoration process does not lead to any modification of the Cloud part's configuration. Consequently, the IP address associated with the Cloud part remains unchanged following a restoration.

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