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Restore Ansible Automation Platform
Backup and Restore: Bringing Ansible Automation Platform Back to Life
5 min readAug 7, 2023
Restoration Process: Bringing Your System Back to Life
The restoration process is a critical aspect of any backup strategy. It ensures that your system can be recovered and brought back to a functional state in case of data loss, system failures, or other unforeseen incidents. In the context of the Ansible Automation Platform, the restoration process involves recovering your Automation Controller instance from a previously created backup.
1. Preparation: Before initiating the restoration process, there are a few key considerations and preparations:
- Backup File: You need to have a backup file (tarball) that was previously created using the backup process of the Ansible Automation Platform. This file contains the data and configuration needed to restore your system.
- Backup Location: Make sure you know the location of the backup file. By default, the backup file is stored in the same directory as the `
setup.sh
` script. However, you can use the `-e
` flag with the…