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This section provides overview information on the key data and metadata that should be managed by your enterprise backup and recovery policies. 

NOTE: This section covers how to perform a basic cold backup of the product. Hot backups are not supported.


All backups should be performed in accordance with your enterprise's backup and recovery policies.

Stop All Services

Before you begin, the Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform and databases should be stopped. See Start and Stop the Platform.

Backup Platform Files

The following directories on the Alteryx node should be backed up on a regular basis:

Configuration

You can back up all key configuration files into the /tmp directory using the following commands:

cp /opt/trifacta/conf/trifacta-conf.json /tmp/trifacta-conf.json
cp /opt/trifacta/conf/env.sh /tmp/env.sh
cp /etc/init.d/trifacta /tmp/trifacta.service
cp /opt/trifacta/conf/data-service/application.properties /tmp/application.properties
cp -R /opt/trifacta/services/data-service/build/conf/vendor /tmp/vendor

License

You should backup your license key:

cp /opt/trifacta/license/license.json /tmp/license.json

See License Key.

Backup Databases

The Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform utilizes the following databases as part of normal operations. These databases should be backed up on a regular basis:

Database NameDatabaseIdDescription
Main DB

trifacta

Stores users and metadata for flows, including datasets, and recipes.
Jobs DBtrifacta-activitiStores and maintains job execution status and details.
Scheduling DBtrifactaschedulingserviceStores metadata for scheduled jobs.
Time-based Trigger DBtrifactatimebasedtriggerserviceAdditional database required for scheduled jobs.
Configuration Service DBtrifactaconfigurationserviceStores configuration settings for the workspace.
Artifact Storage Service DBtrifactaartifactstorageservice

Stores feature usage data such value mappings for the standardization feature.

Job Metadata Service DBtrifactajobmetadataserviceStores metadata on job execution.
Authorization Service DBtrifactaauthorizationserviceStorage of object permissions.
Orchestration Service DBtrifactaorchestrationserviceStorage of plans, triggers, tasks, and snapshots.

For more information on setting up these databases, see Install Databases.

Location of backup and recovery tools

PostgreSQL

Depending on your operating system, you can find the backup tools in the following location.

NOTE: These locations apply to PostgreSQL 9.6.


CentOS/RHEL:

/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_dump
/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/psql


Ubuntu: 

/usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/pg_dump
/usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/psql
MySQL

Please locate the following programs in your MySQL distribution:

mysqldump
mysql

Backup commands

The following commands can be used to back up the databases.

PostgreSQL

For more information on command options, see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/backup.html.

NOTE: These commands must be executed as the trifacta user.

NOTE: The following commands are for PostgreSQL 9.6 for all supported operating systems. For specific commands for other versions, please see the database documentation.


Tip: You may see performance improvements by backing up and restoring using .TAR files. However, there is a risk that .TAR support could change in the future. For more information, please see the PostgreSQL documentation.

Trifacta DB:

NOTE: If you are providing a dump of the trifacta database to Alteryx Support, please include a dump of the trifactaauthorizationservice database, as well.

pg_dump trifacta > trif_triDB_bkp_<date>.sql

Jobs DB:

pg_dump trifacta-activiti > trif_actDB_bkp_<date>.sql

Scheduling DB:

pg_dump trifactaschedulingservice > trif_schDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Time-Based Trigger DB:

pg_dump trifactatimebasedtriggerservice > trif_tbtsDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Configuration Service DB:

pg_dump trifactaconfigurationservice > trif_confservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Artifact Storage DB:

pg_dump trifactaartifactstorageservice > trif_artifactstorageservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Job Metadata Service DB:

pg_dump trifactajobmetadataservice > trif_jobmetadataservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Authorization Service DB:

pg_dump trifactaauthorizationservice > trif_authorizationservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Orchestration Service DB:

pg_dump trifactaorchestrationservice > trif_orchestrationservDB_bkup_<date>.sql
MySQL

For more information on command options, see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysqldump-sql-format.html.

su - mysql

NOTE: The following commands are for MySQL 5.7 for all supported operating systems. For specific commands for other versions, please see the database documentation.


Trifacta DB:

NOTE: If you are providing a dump of the trifacta database to Alteryx Support, please include a dump of the trifactaauthorizationservice database, as well.

mysqldump trifacta > trif_triDB_bkp_<date>.sql

Jobs DB:

mysqldump trifacta-activiti > trif_actDB_bkp_<date>.sql

Scheduling DB:

mysqldump trifactaschedulingservice > trif_schDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Time-Based Trigger DB:

mysqldump trifactatimebasedtriggerservice > trif_tbtsDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Configuration Service DB:

mysqldump trifactaconfigurationservice > trif_confservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Artifact Storage DB:

mysqldump trifactaartifactstorageservice > trif_artifactstorageservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Job Metadata Service DB:

mysqldump trifactajobmetadataservice > trif_jobmetadataservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Authorization Service DB:

mysqldump trifactaauthorizationservice > trif_authorizationservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Orchestration Service DB:

mysqldump trifactaorchestrationservice > trif_orchestrationservDB_bkup_<date>.sql

Scheduling

You can schedule nightly execution of these backups using a third-party scheduler such as cron.

Restart

You can restart the Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform now. See Start and Stop the Platform.

Recovery

See Platform Rollback.

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