You can configure a variety of backup targets for your YugabyteDB universe data.

Local storage

If your YugabyteDB universe has one node, you can create a local directory on a T-Server to which to back up, as follows:

1. Navigate to Universes, select your universe, and then select Nodes.

2. Click Connect.

3. Take note of the services and endpoints information displayed in the Connect dialog, as shown in the following illustration:

   

4. While connected using ssh, create a directory /backup and then change the owner to yugabyte, as follows:

   sudo mkdir /backup; sudo chown yugabyte /backup
   

If there is more than one node, you should consider using a network file system mounted on each server.

Amazon S3

You can configure Amazon S3 as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Amazon S3, as per the following illustration:

   

2. Click Create S3 Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:

   

4. Click Save.

Network File System

You can configure the network file system as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Network File System, as per the following illustration:

   

2. Click Create NFS Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:

   

4. Click Save.

Google Cloud Storage

You can configure Google Cloud Storage (GCS) as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Google Cloud Storage, as per the following illustration:

   

2. Click Create GCS Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:

   

4. Click Save.

Azure Storage

You can configure Azure Storage as a backup target as follows:

1. Select Configs > Backup > Azure Storage, as per the following illustration:

   

2. Click Create AZ Backup.

3. Complete the form shown in the following illustration:

   

4. Click Save.