Advanced Authentication allows you to automate the backup at a specific time as per your requirement. Also, override the scheduled time and start the backup process at any given time. You can also set the location to store the backup files and delete old backup files while retaining a specific set of files.
You can perform the following tasks:
You can configure the cron schedule to backup the configuration at regular intervals. For example, to schedule a backup at 2.00 A.M. only on Saturdays, set the configuration as * 2 * * sat.
The expression * * * * * is defined in the following table:
|
Expression |
* First asterisk |
* Second asterisk |
* Third asterisk |
* Fourth asterisk |
* Fifth asterisk |
|
Description |
minute |
hour |
day of month |
month |
day of week |
|
Value |
0-60 |
0 - 23 |
1 - 31 |
1 - 12 |
0 - 6 (Sunday=0) or sun, mon |
The logs are displayed in the celery_long.log file.
NOTE:After upgrading to Advanced Authentication 6.3 SP5, it is required to re-configure the backup as per your requirement.
To schedule backup, perform the following:
Click Backup/Restore > Schedule Backup.
Set the configurations to schedule the backup in the Backup schedule page.
Set the cron expression for the schedule in the first column.
Select Backup database from the drop down.
Click Save.
NOTE:You can click the > (Run now) button adjacent to the cron expression to run the program (export) immediately.
To synchronize the backed up log files from a container to an FTP server, remove the backup files while retaining a specific number of files, perform the following:
Click Backup/Restore > Schedule Backup.
Set the cron expression for the scheduled synchronization in the first column.
Select Upload to FTP server from the drop down.
Specify the following details:
The host name of the FTP server in Hostname.
Path of the folder in the FTP server in Upload Folder.
Username and Password to upload the backup files.
Number of files to retain after each upload process in Keep last.
For example, to retain the latest five backup files in the FTP server, set Keep last to 5.
Click Save.
NOTE:You can click the > (Run now) button adjacent to the cron expression to run the program immediately.
To schedule removal of old backup files that are create as a result of the Backup database job while retaining only specific number of files in Advanced Authentication server volume, perform the following:
Click Backup/Restore > Schedule Backup.
Set the configurations to schedule the back up export in Backup schedule.
Set the cron expression for the schedule in the first column.
Select Remove old *.cpt files from the drop down to remove old cpt files from the Advanced Authentication data volume.
Specify the number of old backup files that must be retained in Keep last.
For example, to remove the old backup files but retain the latest fifteen backup files in your server volume, set Keep last to 15.
Click Save.
To synchronize the backed up log files from a container to an SFTP server perform the following:
Run the following command to copy the mirror.sh file from docker to host server:
docker cp aaf_aucore_1:/opt/AuCore/data/celery_long/mirror.sh /tmp
Add the following parameters in the mirror.sh file to skip verification of SSL certificate:
set ssl:verify-certificate no
set ftp:ssl-allow true
set ftp:ssl-force true
set ftp:ssl-protect-data true
set ftp:ssl-protect-list true
NOTE:When you reboot the appliance, the data available in the mirror.sh file will be lost.
Save the changes.
Run the following command to copy file to docker container:
docker cp mirror.sh aaf_aucore_1:/opt/AuCore/data/celery_long/
Run the following commands to provide executable rights of the mirror.sh file for users and group:
docker exec -ti aaf_aucore_1 bash
chmod u+x data/celery_long/mirror.sh
chmod g+x data/celery_long/mirror.sh