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Backup and Restore

Protect your valuable project data with the Backup and Restore feature. You can use this feature to create backups of your critical services, ensuring data safety and quick recovery in case of any unforeseen issues.

Note

Currently we only have the backup functionality enabled for 3 of our services: "Compute engine", "Cloud composer", "Artifact registry". In the future releases, you will be able to backup and restore all available services from the service catalogue and also your projects as a whole.

Configure Your Backup Policy

To set up a backup for your services, follow these steps:

  1. Go to My Projects and click on the project for whose services you want to enable the backup. Project Information

  2. On the project details page, locate and click the Backup icon under the Services tab. This action loads the "Configure your backup policy" page. Project Information

  3. Fill in the following backup information:

    • Select Service Categories: Check the boxes next to the services you wish to include in your backup.
    • Schedule Frequency: In the "Schedule" section on the right side of the page, find "Schedule frequency." Click the dropdown menu and select how often you want your backup to run (Does not repeat, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Quartely).
    • Retention: Click the dropdown menu and choose how long you want your backups to be retained (Week, Month, or Quarter).

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  4. Once you have selected your service categories, scheduled the frequency, and set the retention period, click the "Submit" button at the bottom right of the page to enable your backup policy. Project Information Project Information

Note

The backup policy is currently only available for "Compute engine", "Cloud composer", "Artifact registry" services. The restore functionality along with backup of all services and projects is planned for our upcoming releases.