Downloading an Instance-Level Backup

Alternatively, click the target instance name. In the navigation pane, choose Backups & Restorations. On the Full Backups tab page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

Two-factor authentication improves the security of your account. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.

Figure 1 Using OBS Browser+

1. Download OBS Browser+.
2. Decompress and install OBS Browser+.
3. Log in to OBS Browser+ using the username provided in Step 2 on the download guide page.
   Figure 2 Logging in to OBS Browser+
   
4. Add an external bucket using the bucket name provided in Step 2 on the download guide page.
   Figure 3 Adding an external bucket
   
   

   If you want to access OBS external buckets across accounts, the access permission is required. For details, see Granting IAM Users Under an Account the Access to a Bucket and Resources in the Bucket.

5. Download the backup file.

   On the OBS Browser+ page, click the bucket that you added. In the search box on the right of the object list page, enter the backup file name and start a search. In the search result, locate the target backup and click in the Operation column.

   Figure 4 Downloading a backup
   

Alternatively, click the target instance name. In the navigation pane, choose Backups & Restorations. On the Full Backups tab page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

Two-factor authentication improves the security of your account. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.

Alternatively, click the target instance name. In the navigation pane, choose Backups & Restorations. On the Full Backups tab page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

Two-factor authentication improves the security of your account. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.

In the displayed dialog box, select Use Download URL for Download Method, click to copy the URL, and enter the URL in your browser.

Figure 6 Using the download URL

A valid URL for downloading the backup data is displayed.

• You can use various download tools, such as your browser to download backup files.
• You can also run a wget command to download backup files:

  wget -O FILE_NAME --no-check-certificate "DOWNLOAD_URL"

  Variables in the command are described as follows:

  FILE_NAME: indicates the new backup file name after the download is successful. The original backup file name may be too long and exceed the maximum characters allowed by the client file system. You are advised to use the -O argument with wget to rename the backup file.

  DOWNLOAD_URL: indicates the location of the backup file to be downloaded. If the location contains special characters, escape is required.

Alternatively, click the target instance name. In the navigation pane, choose Backups & Restorations. On the Full Backups tab page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

Two-factor authentication improves the security of your account. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.