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| As ITFlow will hold essential data about you and your clients, it is essential that you take (and test) regular nightly backups, in addition to on-demand backups before & after performing updates. | As ITFlow will hold essential data about you and your clients, it is essential that you take (and test) regular nightly backups, in addition to on-demand backups before & after performing updates. | ||
| - | __**Backups are likely best achieved by creating some sort of image/ | + | Summary: |
| + | **1. You should regularly back up up the __entire Virtual machine__ running ITFlow.** | ||
| + | * The terminology for this may differ depending on your virtualization platform, but essentially you want an image/ | ||
| + | * This allows you to easily capture & restore the files & database. | ||
| - | --- | + | **2. You should retrieve and securely store your __master encryption key__** |
| - | ITFlow is split into three main areas. If you are unable to backup the entire VM, you'll need to backup/restore each of these (at the same time): | + | |
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| + | ITFlow is split into three main areas. If you are unable to backup the entire VM, you'll need to backup the files & database individually | ||
| * Files | * Files | ||
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| * Your MariaDB database will contain all information entered into ITFlow. | * Your MariaDB database will contain all information entered into ITFlow. | ||
| * Each database update will change the schema - restoring an older backup may fail or not work as intended as fields will have been added/ | * Each database update will change the schema - restoring an older backup may fail or not work as intended as fields will have been added/ | ||
| - | * It is essential that you back up the databse | + | * It is essential that you back up the database |
| * You can take one-off database backups at ''/ | * You can take one-off database backups at ''/ | ||