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h1. Managed Customer (VM) backup 

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 *%{color:green}This document concerns end-users/customers. See [[datacenterlight:Backup]] page for server-side documentation.%* 

 h2. Status 

 This document is *a DRAFT*. 

 h2. Overview 

 * Official product page: https://ungleich.ch/u/products/backups-as-a-service 
 * Related DatacenterLight FAQ entry: https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki/FAQ_at_Data_Center_Light#Backup 

 We make use of the "ccollect":https://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/ccollect/ software, which runs every day at 3AM Europe/Zurich. The backup server and storage clusters are in a location (place5) physically separated from the customer VMs (place6). 

 h2. FAQ 

 

 h3. How to enable this service? 

 You will have to contact our support and give them the following details: 

 * Address of the VM to backup (IPv6 or domain with AAAA field). 
 * Directories to backup. Default is @/@ excluding @/sys@ and @/proc@. 

 "ccollect":https://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/ccollect/ makes use of @rsync@ to transfer data and needs to connect to your server over SSH (rsync itself is not encrypted!). You need to configure an user - root for a full system backup - with the following SSH key (to put in @~/.ssh/authorized_keys@): 

 <pre> 
 # backup.place5.ungleich.ch 
 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC7LsZp048K5D2kSWwiI5fux5pv4Ji7eTtMZGpOu0MviZEuGG3T5NeSKPmdlG1Rr3/oLpIqaFPzB7la3SI0OX5/E3v/yWcSrIsXdoIlSJMx7yaWrd4rm3yICukg4v5cZm2iDGBzIffpRxN1aPg46XnwmSvID3dD18yHMfgKyOFJgMwpTeI0d+K99cRYdf0D+QoUUyJlEes8xOw29lfT+1gg3KXBfYeggXLxMQ1xOH5L91j3Lg1taaD0EfyvkjO+TspcEwIwEtcBwdGRDbkjNkZOgFUEoWpxEFESLFRvr+JxgDJjvkLD4Q7l6tNOvW30oq7iI961NbXSwgM1cH0gNPED ungleich-backup 
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 h3. What is the pricing model? 

 See "product page":https://ungleich.ch/u/products/backups-as-a-service. 

 h3. What is the retention policy? 

 The default retention policy is: 5 daily backups, 4 weekly backups, 12 monthly backups. 

 h3. How can I access my backups? 

 You can access the files over SFTP using your ungleich account (username + password) against @backup.place5.ungleich.ch@. You can use any SFTP client such as command-line @sftp@ (@sftp myusername@backup.place5.ungleich.ch) or "Filezilla":https://filezilla-project.org/ (graphical client). 

 **Note:** at the moment, @backup.place5.ungleich.ch@ is only available over IPv6.