Perform the following steps for backing up a VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment.

Prerequisites

Note: You can perform this operation only on a non-airgap deployment.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the appliance management interface: <https://tca-cp-ip-or-fqdn:9443>.
  2. Navigate to Administration > Troubleshooting > Backup & Restore.
  3. (Optional) Set up an FTP server for uploading the backup file:
    1. Click the FTP server setting tab.
    2. Click Add.
      Note:

      The best practice to use a Linux-based OpenSSH host for file transfer operations.

      If you use Use SSH keys for SFTP server, check the key format before applying it.

      1. If the format is ssh-rsa xxxxxxxxxxx , then you can apply it to SFTP server by following the UI instructions.

      2. If the format is as shown in the following example, change the format before applying it:

      ----------BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
... ...
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

----------END PUBLIC KEY---------

      To change the key format:

      1. Download the SSH key file id_rsa_backup_restore.pub or copy clipboard to a file.

      2. Change the format using the command ssh-keygen -i -m PKCS8 -f id_rsa_backup_restore.pub as shown in the following example:

        $ ssh-keygen -i -m PKCS8 -f id_rsa_backup_restore.pub
ssh-rsa 
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EXXXXXXXXC+OGwzV/f2PqRXbIGxRFwpHWfv2emVaOBAAH4K9GHxEjbaZUX48yNclBIhEZJAv3+UKFwD5dNXvlMpHWopdn6xtsZkT2FJqJ/2yTuG2yyjNa2OOxg1Mc+5dLfoXtW65W7OYspmihKS+rTILM/+Fr0sJc/cz3pSjJVRbilRnKLsS4CvXN2PQvm/IpX6ShSvGBaIdTz5NAf4bBgVpKa0Mh7NmtEEVSPNAlV+6W5jw9LgGTQO02fj0HHH8qhKFfAdVC7n9QOzqcZ5gbQ8nIprBnoDpls9w4FTzRAL9/vtJS9VZAf78EGwqiZF9oF9ztQotD5eH/vRV6J1lGPSKM8zYjsj
    3. Enter the FTP server information and click Save.
    Note: Ensure that the backup directory path you provide is unique for every VMware Telco Cloud Automation appliance instance.
  4. From the Backup & Restore tab, select the following backup options:

    • Upload to server (optional) - upload backup bundle to ftp server

    • Encrypt Backup (optional) - generate encrypted backup bundle

    After you select the options, click Generate.

    The backup operation begins.

  5. After the backup is complete, download the backup file to disk or to an FTP/SFTP endpoint. Click Download.