Backup & Restore

This section will describe how to backup and restore tables using the YugaByte Admin Console.

Create Universe

First, create a universe similar to steps shown in Create Universe. For the purposes of this demo we create a 1 node cluster that looks something like this.

Wait for the universe to become ready.

Setting Storage for Backup

In this example, we create a local directory on the tserver to backup to. Select the Connect modal in the Nodes tab of the universe and select the server from Admin Host.

Once you are sshed in, create a directory /backup and change the owner to yugabyte.

$ sudo mkdir /backup; sudo chown yugabyte /backup

Note that when there are more than 1 nodes, an nfs mounted on each server is recommended, and creating a local backup folder on each server will not work.

Backup

Now, select Configuration on the left panel, select the Backup tab on top, click NFS and enter /backup as the NFS Storage Path before selecting Save.

Now, go to the Backups tab. There, click on Create Backup. A modal should appear where you can enter the table (this demo uses the default redis table) and NFS Storage option.

Select OK. If you refresh the page, you’ll eventually see a completed task.

Restore

On that same completed task, click on the Actions dropdown and click on Restore Backup. You will see a modal where you can select the universe, keyspace, and table you want to restore to. Enter in values like this (making sure to change the table name you restore to) and click OK.

If you now go to the Tasks tab, you will eventually see a completed Restore Backup task. To confirm this worked, go to the Tables tab to see both the original table and the table you restored to.