Updated on 2023-03-15 GMT+08:00

Using Current Browser

You can user a browser to download a manual or an automated backup to a local device for backup or restoration

Precautions

  • Cluster backup files cannot be downloaded using a browser.
  • Backups downloaded from the DDS console are all full backups.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Document Database Service.
  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups.
  5. On the Backups page, click the Clusters, Replica Sets, or Single Nodes tab, locate the available backup you want to download and click Download in the Operation column.
  6. In the displayed dialog box, select Use Current Browser for Download Method and click OK.

    Figure 1 Selecting a download method

  7. After the backup file is downloaded, decompress it using LZ4.

    Run the following command to decompress the backup file:

    lz4 -d $1 | tar -xC $2

    $1: indicates the downloaded backup file.

    $2: indicates the directory to which the backup file is decompressed.

  8. You can restore data locally as required.