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Back Up and Restore Yugabyte Platform

Yugabyte Platform installations include configuration settings, certificates and keys, and other components required for orchestrating and managing YugabyteDB universes.

You can use the Yugabyte Platform backup script to back up an existing Yugabyte Platform server and restore it, when needed, for disaster recovery or migrating to a new server.

Back Up a Yugabyte Platform Server

To back up the Yugabyte Platform server, perform the following:

Copy the the Yugabyte Platform backup script yb_platform_backup.sh from the yugabyte-db repository using the following wget command:
```
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/master/managed/devops/bin/yb_platform_backup.sh 
```
Run the yb_platform_backup.sh script using the backup command, as follows:
```
./yb_platform_backup.sh create --output <output_path> [--data_dir <data_dir>] [--exclude_prometheus]
```
create runs the backup of the Yugabyte Platform server.

output_path specifies the location for the .tar output file.

data_dir is optional. It specifies the data directory to be backed up. Default is /opt/yugabyte.

--exclude_prometheus is optional. It excludes Prometheus metrics from the backup.
Verify that the backup .tar file, with the correct timestamp, is in the specified output directory.
Upload the backup file to your preferred storage location and delete it from the local disk.

Restore a Yugabyte Platform Server

To restore the Yugabyte Platform content from your saved backup, perform the following:

Copy the the yb_platform_backup.sh script from the yugabyte-db repository using the following wget command:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/master/managed/devops/bin/yb_platform_backup.sh

Copy the backup .tar file from your storage location.
Run the yb_platform_backup.sh script using the restore command:
```
./yb_platform_backup.sh restore --input <input_path> [--destination <destination>]
```
restore restores the Yugabyte Platform content.

input_path is the path to the input .tar file.

destination is optional. It specifies the output location for data. Default is /opt/yugabyte.

Upon completion of the preceding steps, the restored Yugabyte Platform is ready to continue orchestrating and managing your universes and clusters.