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Move or restore the appliance

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A backup takes the same appliance back in time. A new machine is reached by moving the licence in sslbrain Cloud. Data does not move with the licence.

When you need this

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  • The appliance runs, but data is damaged: restore a backup on the same appliance.
  • The appliance must move to a new machine, or the machine is lost: move the licence to a new appliance.

Take a backup first

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Take a backup before any larger change, and keep a copy off the appliance, see Save a backup and restore from it. Otherwise the backup sits on the same disk as the data it is meant to rescue.

A backup can only be restored on the appliance that took it.

Restore on the same appliance

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  1. Open System › Backup, click Restore next to the backup, and confirm. The appliance first takes a backup of the current state and restarts.

  2. Open the appliance with the 12 backup words once it is back up, see The 12 backup words.

  3. Check that certificates and rules are as they were when the backup was taken.

The details are in Save a backup and restore from it.

Move the licence to a new appliance

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The appliance you are leaving keeps running until the new one takes over the licence. Only owners and administrators on the sslbrain Cloud account can release a licence.

  1. Log in to sslbrain Cloud, open Appliances, and open the appliance you are leaving.

  2. Click Release the licence in the Move this licence to another machine card. Type release and click Release it.

  3. Install the new appliance with the files from Downloads and requirements in sslbrain Cloud, see sslbrain Cloud.

  4. Open the new appliance in the browser and log in with sslbrain Cloud, see First-time setup.

  5. When setup asks for the licence, choose Move the licence from … with the name of the appliance you are leaving, see First-time setup. The appliance you are leaving now shows This installation has been retired and renews no certificates.

  6. Finish the new appliance: name and certificate, servers, domain validation, profiles and rules. Start with A name and certificate for the appliance.

Certificates on your servers keep working until they expire. A 90-day certificate is renewed when two thirds of its validity has passed, so you usually have a month or more before your servers need a certificate from the new appliance.

The 12 backup words

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The 12 backup words open the appliance after a restore, because sslbrain Cloud does not open the vault by itself. They also open the data on a retired appliance. Lost words cannot be replaced, see Security.