Admin Console Backup

note this is available for litmus edge manager version 2 15 0 and later the backup module allows you to download, upload, and bulk delete litmus edge manager (lem) application and configuration files overview the backup process for lem consists of a compressed and encrypted file downloaded from the lem admin ui the data is updated every 24 hours, and 7 copies of each lem version are maintained on the server until user deletes them manually backup type compressed and encrypted file, available for download from the lem admin ui rotation 7 copies of each lem version retention period backup files will remain until user deletes them manually lem backup contain the following files 1\ application data company and project settings activation requests sites (except site icons) triggers and actions templates marketplace applications and their associated data and configurations marketplace catalog (data and configuration) grafana dashboards and other settings remote access setup licenses (note licenses won't work after restoring on another vm) keycloak registry credentials certificates smtp settings tokens 2\ user data users and their access to specific projects/companies 3\ marketplace apps all marketplace apps and associated data and configurations 4\ le connected to lem all litmus edge devices connected to the litmus edge manager 5\ database dumps mysql grafana sql mysql keycloak sql mysql lem sql mysql mpcs sql mysql mpcs rbac sql mysql mysql user sql what is not backed up old upgrades and backups events docker registry data clickhouse data dns entries (lem only lists dns servers; not backed up to avoid network access issues) network settings process the following process define the steps required to create and upload a backup file in lem important importing a configuration replaces configuration data and cannot be undone select the appropriate bundled zip file any node locked licenses will be removed after restoring a backup on a new virtual machine (vm) you will have to request new node locked licenses from your litmus account representative network files are not backed up to avoid breaks on restore as of litmus edge manager 2 24 0 release, lem admin ui allows you to create long term api tokens with scope lem backup action details \[1] create backup download a backup file of the litmus edge manager configuration configuration files are password protected and generated as a tar file process logs are visible in the log section to export the configuration, you'll need the password of the litmus edge manager instance \[2] upload backup file upload a litmus edge manager configuration file to import the configuration, you'll need the password of the litmus edge manager instance \[3] remove selected backups this option allows you to bulk delete the selected backup configurations files at once \[4] show backup/restore log view the latest export/import operation log you can toggle auto scroll to the on position to automatically scroll down to the most recent messages in process log doing so helps monitor a running export/import process \[5] refresh reload the list of backup files