Project directory backup

Backup your project directory so that your API Connect subsystems can be recovered after a disaster.

The original project directory that was created with the apicup command during the initial product installation is essential for disaster recovery, see: Preparing to install API Connect in VMware. The project directory contains the YAML files that describe your deployment, encryption keys, and deployment ISO files. It is not possible to restore your subsystem database backups on a deployment that uses a new or different project directory.

Take a new backup of your project directory every time you make any configuration changes with the apicup command. Store your project directory backup at a remote location.

Ensure that you keep all files related to your API Connect subsystems in the project directory, so they are included in your project directory backup. For example:

Any TLS certificate files that were used to customize subsystem certificates.
YAML files used to customize subsystems.
Your management extra-values.yaml file, if you created one, for example: Configuring maximum size of client requests to the Management subsystem on VMware.
Your portal ptl-extra-values.yaml file, if you created one.
Your Analytics extra-values file if you created one.

Whenever you update your API Connect deployment with the apicup command, take a new backup of the project directory.