PingAccess

Restoring PingAccess using a .zip archive

Restore your PingAccess using a .zip archive and additional customized files.

About this task

This procedure restores the PingAccess configuration using a .zip archive and additional customization files. You can use this method for disaster recovery because it uses an automatically-generated file and restores the entire PingAccess configuration.

To restore your PingAccess using a .zip archive and additional customized files:

Steps

  1. If PingAccess is not installed on the system, install the same version of PingAccess used to create the backup.

    The maintenance version does not have to be identical. For example, a backup made on PingAccess 6.3.0 could be restored on 6.3.1.

  2. Stop PingAccess.

  3. Extract the backup .zip archive to <PA_HOME>.

  4. Optional: If you backed up custom templates, copy the backed up content to the <PA_HOME>/conf/template directory.

  5. Optional: If you backed up custom plugins, copy the backed up content to the <PA_HOME>/deploy directory.

  6. Optional: If you backed up custom localization, copy the backed up content to the <PA_HOME>/conf/localization directory.

  7. Restart PingAccess.

    Result:

    Your PingAccess configuration is reverted to the configuration in the backup archive.