Configure the backup target

You can configure a variety of backup targets for your YugabyteDB universe data.

Local storage

If your YugabyteDB universe has one node, you can create a local directory on a T-Server to which to back up, as follows:

1. Select Universes > UniverseName > Nodes.

2. Click Connect.

3. Take note of the services and endpoints information displayed in the Connect dialog, as shown in the following illustration:

   

4. While connected using ssh, create a directory /backup and then change the owner to yugabyte, as follows:

   $ sudo mkdir /backup; sudo chown yugabyte /backup
   

If there is more than one node, you should consider using a network file system mounted on each server.

Amazon S3

You can configure Amazon S3 as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Amazon S3, as per the following illustration:
   
   

   

2. Click Create S3 Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:
   
   

   

4. Click Save.

Network File System

You can configure the network file system as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Network File System, as per the following illustration:
   
   

   

2. Click Create NFS Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:
   
   

   

4. Click Save.

Google Cloud Storage

You can configure Google Cloud Storage as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Google Cloud Storage, as per the following illustration:
   
   

   

2. Click Create GCS Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:
   
   

   

4. Click Save.

Azure Storage

You can configure Azure Storage as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Azure Storage, as per the following illustration:
   
   

   

2. Click Create AZ Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:
   
   

   

4. Click Save.