Backup & Restore

Backup & Restore

Short Summary: Procedures to ensure business continuity in case of data loss.

What to Backup

1. MongoDB: The primary source of truth. Contains Inventory, Policies, and User data.
2. Encryption keys:
   • application.properties: Contains the ENCRYPTION_KEY (if not using Vault).
   • Critical: If you lose this key, all private keys in the DB are unrecoverable.

Backup Procedure

MongoDB Dump

mongodump --uri="mongodb://user:pass@localhost:27017/sslclm" --out=/backup/$(date +%F)

Restore Procedure

1. Stop the Backend service.
2. Restore Mongo:

   mongorestore --uri="mongodb://user:pass@localhost:27017/sslclm" /backup/2025-01-01/sslclm

3. Ensure application.properties has the matching ENCRYPTION_KEY.
4. Start the Backend.