Backing Up Aspera Shares and the Database

To back up the Aspera^® Shares™ web application and accompanying database, follow the instructions below.

Note: You must back up the following files manually:

C:\shares\www\config\database.yml
C:\shares\nginx\conf\cert.pem
C:\shares\nginx\conf\cert.key

Create a backup directory.
You must create a backup directory before proceeding to the next step. To do so, run the following in a command prompt, where C:\backups is your backup directory:
```
> mkdir C:\backups
```
Run the backup command (in the context of the gem bundle).
To create the Aspera Shares backup, run the following commands in a command prompt:
```
> cd C:\shares\www
> bundle exec rake backup DIR=C:\backups
```
Copy the files under C:\backups to the backup machine.