Signing a hash of the backup - PingDirectory

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9.2 Product PingDirectory Directory Capability Product documentation Content Type Administration User task IT Administrator Administrator Audience System Administrator Software Deployment Method

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

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