Aspera strongly recommends backing up your IBM Aspera Faspex
configuration and database as a precaution in case of system failure. You can also
choose to restore Faspex on a completely new server on which you've installed
Faspex.
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Go to Server > Configuration > Save/Restore.
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Click the Download button to save your current Faspex
database in the format
*.tar.gz.
Important: If you use the Safari web browser, you need to make sure
the Open "safe" files after downloading option is
unchecked in Safari's general settings, before downloading the backup file.
Otherwise, the file is downloaded as a .tar file, rather
than a .tar.gz file, and does not work when the user
attempts to restore the server with this file.
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Back up the secret.yml file located at /opt/aspera/faspex/config/secret.yml. This file must be backed up and restored for the
restored Faspex to correctly work with remote nodes.
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Back up your Faspex, Apache and MySQL application files.
| Application |
Location of Application Files |
Files to Back Up |
| Faspex |
/opt/aspera/faspex/ |
- faspex.rb.yml
- config/*.yml
- config/mongrel_cluster/mongrel_cluster.yml
- config/aspera.faspex.*.aspera-license
- lib/daemons/np/etc/keystore.jks
|
| Apache |
/opt/aspera/faspex/
/opt/aspera/common/apache
|
- apache.rb.yml
- conf/*.key
- conf/*.crt
- conf/extra/httpd-ssl_template.conf
- custom/
|
| MySQL |
/opt/aspera/common/mysql |
|
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If you configured SSL for Faspex, backup your SSL certificate files.
Locate and copy the
server.crt and
server.key files to a
different location. The files can be found in the following locations:
- /opt/aspera/common/apache/conf/server.crt
- /opt/aspera/common/apache/conf/server.key