Back up Cloud Management Platform

Back up your Cloud Management Platform (CMP) database and application files before making major changes, such as upgrading to a new CMP version

2 minute read

The backup process consists of two steps:

Backing up the CMP database
Backing up the CMP files

Complete both steps to ensure a full backup of your environment.

These steps cover a single-node deployment, where the web server, job engine, and database all run on one appliance. If your database or shared storage runs on separate hosts, contact CloudBolt Support before backing up.

Service impact

The web server and job engine are stopped while the CMP files are backed up. Perform this process during a scheduled maintenance window.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure:

You have SSH access to the database server
SSH access from the database server to the destination server is configured
Sufficient disk space is available on the destination server
Required tools (pg_dump, pv, gzip) are installed on the database server

Back up the CMP database

SSH into your database server.
Switch to the root account:
```
sudo su -
```

Retrieve the database password:

postgresql_pass=$(cat /var/opt/cloudbolt/.postgresql_password | grep postgresql_pass | cut -d '=' -f 2)

Create the database backup:

PGPASSWORD=${postgresql_pass} pg_dump -h localhost -p 5432 -U cb_dba -F t cloudbolt |
  pv |
  gzip |
  ssh <username>@<destination-ip-address> "cat > /<destination-directory>/pg_base_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).tar.gz"

Replace username, destination-ip-address, and destination-directory with values appropriate for your environment.

Result: A .tar.gz backup file is created on the destination server.

Back up the CMP files

SSH into your CMP server.
Switch to the root account:
```
sudo su -
```
Stop the Apache HTTP Server:
```
systemctl stop httpd
```
Stop the job engine:
```
supervisorctl stop jobengine:*
```
Export the /var/opt/cloudbolt/ and /var/www/html/cloudbolt/static/uploads/ directories:
```
/opt/cloudbolt/manage.py cb_export -ic -is -nm -na
```
Start the Apache HTTP Server:
```
systemctl start httpd
```
Start the job engine:
```
supervisorctl start jobengine:*
```

Result: An export archive is generated, and the web server and job engine are running again.