Backup & Restore Database via API

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Permanently deleted user

January 08, 2020 19:25

Hi,

There is a method in api document.

/api/backupDatabase

I think this sends a signal to system in order to take a snapshot of the database. I have two questions.

1- Is it possible to download the backup file?

2- Is it possible to send a signal to restore backup of database(In order to do that we need to know which backup should be chosen)?

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  Andrey Terentyev

  • Network Optix team

  August 14, 2020 10:44 Edited

  Hello Baris,

  1. Yes.

  2. Yes.

  There is a pair of methods.

  /ec2/dumpDatabase

  /ec2/restoreDatabase

  Here is a curl example how to use them:

  curl -v "http://admin:password@localhost:7001/ec2/dumpDatabase?format=json" > file.db
  curl -v -X POST  http://admin:password@localhost:7001/ec2/restoreDatabase -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @file.db

  So, backup file has to be passed as data parameter.
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  Permanently deleted user

  January 14, 2020 18:30

  Thank you Andrey. I could not find these methods in the API document. Where could I find documents of these methods (and more) .

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  Andrey Terentyev

  • Network Optix team

  January 15, 2020 10:22

  These are not documented, yet.

  For now, if you can't find any API you need, you could ask in Developer forum. We'll try to resolve case by case and reveal if necessary additional methods.

   

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  Daiki Kato

  August 14, 2020 08:57

  Hi,

  If I want to Restore Nx Witness after a clean install, do I need to configure New Server first?
  If so, is it possible to configure New Server via API?

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  Andrey Terentyev

  • Network Optix team

  August 24, 2020 12:04 Edited

  Hi Daiki,

  Yes, you need to configure New Server first.

  Yes, it's possible to configure New Server via API.

  Default credentials are admin/admin

  curl -s -X POST --digest "http://admin:admin@localhost:7001/api/setupLocalSystem" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @system_settings.json

  Here is the system_settings.json

  {
  "password":"<new password>",
  "systemName":"<your system name>"
  }
  
  

  For more details see built in documentation on /api/setupLocalSystem and /api/systemSettings API functions.

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  Daiki Kato

  August 17, 2020 09:55

  Hi Andrey,

  Thank you very much. It worked fine.

  PS: The last "," in system_settings.json is unnecessary, so I deleted it.

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  Andrey Terentyev

  • Network Optix team

  August 24, 2020 12:05

  Hi Daiki,

  Thanks, I fixed the comma in my post.

   

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