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Signing a hash of the backup

Run the backup tool to backup a backend and generate and digitally sign the hash of the backup contents.

Steps

  • To backup the single backend from the server root directory, run the backup tool.

    Choose from:

    • To generate and digitally sign the hash of the backup contents, run the -signHash option.

      $ bin/backup --signHash --backupDirectory backups/userRoot --backendID userRoot \
  --backupDirectory /path/to/backup

    • To only generate a hash of the backup contents, run backup with the --hash option.