Decrypting and extracting backups To gain access to your secured and compressed backup file, you need to decrypt and extract. ProcedureTo decrypt and extract contents of the compressed backup, enter the following command. openssl enc -d -aes256 -in <targzfilename> | tar xz To decrypt and extract contents in a pod container, enter the following command. oc exec -it $POD -c $CONTAINER --namespace $NAMESPACE -- bash -c 'openssl enc -d -aes256 -in <targzfile> | tar xz'