Backup and Restoration

Always take precautions. Backup your data as you’ll never know when you’ll need to restore it.

Backup

It is strongly advised that you backup your agents to protect you in the event of catastrophe.

The following directories need to be saved periodically.

  1. The PATTOO_CONFIGDIR directory which contains your configuration
  2. The daemon_directory location defined in your configuration. This area stores important authentication information.
  3. The pattoo directory which contains your source code.

We’ll discuss data restoration next.

Restoration

It’s important to follow these steps in this order when restoring pattoo after a disaster.

  1. FIRST make sure all the pattoo agents are stopped.
  2. SECOND restore the contents of the daemon_directory location defined in your configuration. This area stores important authentication information.
  3. Restore the PATTOO_CONFIGDIR directory which contains your configuration
  4. Restore the pattoo directory which contains your source code.

You should now be able to restart your agents without issue.