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.