SIDRE Data Backup

Data Backup

Data backups can be activated and are created automatically on a scheduled basis. Activate the backup via the ansible variable search_index_data_backup: true. The default backup directory is backup in the root directory of the SIDRE instance. This can be configured via search_index_data_backup_directory.

The backups contain the following data:

• elasticsearch indices
• Matomo data (if activated)

Per default backup indices are .kibana* indices (if activated) and the metadata statistics index. This can be configured via search_index_data_backup_elasticsearch_indices.

The schedule can be configured via search_index_data_backup_schedule_* variables.

The created backups are cleaned up after a certain amount of time. This can be configured via search_index_data_backup_cleanup_mtime.

Kibana backup size

If Kibana is activated, the Kibana indices are included in the Backup. There may be Kibana indices for old versions of Kibana (the index name contains the Kibana version). These old indices may increase the backup size significantly. To avoid this, you can clean up old Kibana indices yourself (manually).