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Step 9: Backup

The box makes no backup until a recovery key exists. Do this step now.

Who can do this

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The administrator, in the office on https://myai.local/.

Before you start

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  • A safe place for the recovery key that is not the box: a password manager, or a printout in a locked place.

Steps

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  1. Open Administration, sub-tab General, panel Backups.
  2. Under Recovery key, press Create the recovery key.
  3. The key appears with the warning “This is the only time the box shows this key.”
  4. Press Download as a file, or Copy and paste it into your password manager.
  5. Press I have saved it.
  6. Press Back up now to make the first backup.
  7. When it is done, press Download next to the backup in Backups on this box and keep the file somewhere other than the box.

What you see afterwards

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  • The panel says “Recovery key …” with its fingerprint and when it was created.
  • Every night at 03:30 (box time) the box makes a backup and keeps the newest 7.
  • “Backups on this box” lists each backup with Made, Size, How and Recovery key.

Your choices

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Choice What it does When to pick it Can you undo it?
Create the recovery key Starts the nightly backups. Now. n/a
Create a new recovery key Replaces the key. Older backups then need the older key. Only if the key may be known to someone else. Keep the old key as long as you keep its backups. No.
Back up now Makes a backup at once. Before big changes, for example an update. n/a
Download Saves a backup file (.age, encrypted) to your computer. Regularly, so a copy exists outside the box. n/a

What is not in a backup: secrets. These are the AI provider key, connection keys, the store enrolment and the remote access code. After a restore, the box lists what to enter again.

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