Backing Up and Restoring the Current Console Configuration

If you need to revert to a previous configuration of Console or want to upload a preset configuration file to a new Console, follow these instructions to backup and restore your Console configurations.
Note: This Console backup will not back up the following files:
  • aspera.conf
  • system users / passwords / ssh keys
  • Node users
  • SSL certificates
  1. Stop Console background processes.
    Navigate to Configuration > Background from the Console menu and stop the background processes.
  2. Back up the following files on your system.
    • /opt/aspera/console/config/database.yml
    • /opt/aspera/console/config/console.yml
    • /opt/aspera/console/config/secret.yml
  3. Navigate to the Save/Restore tab and select Download Current Configuration.
    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 will be downloaded as a .tar file, rather than a .tar.gz file, and will not work when the user attempts to restore the server with this file.
  4. Restart Console background processes from the Background tab.

When you want to restore Console to a saved configuration, follow these steps.

  1. Stop Console background processes.
    Navigate to Configuration > Background from the Console menu and stop the background processes.
  2. Upload a saved configuration file from your computer and select Restore.
  3. Restore the backed up files you saved before:
    • database.yml
    • console.yml
    • secret.yml
  4. Restart Console background processes from the Background tab.