How To
Summary
It is a best practice to create secure backups for DataPower on a regular basis. Automating the process would make it easier to complete this repetitive task.
Steps
The following is a sample shell script to help automate secure backup of DataPower. Review and modify the script as it is commented to work with your DataPower appliance.
Note: The bash script is zipped due to security concerns.
Refer to the following link for the parameters of the secure-backup command (secure-backup certificate destination "" [include-raid]) as included in the sample script:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS9H2Y_7.7.0/com.ibm.dp.doc/secure-backup_global.html
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS9H2Y_7.7.0/com.ibm.dp.doc/secure-backup_global.html
Note that the supported remote location of the secure backup is an FTP server. Refer to the following Technote if you would like to target the secure backup for an SFTP destination:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/428009
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/428009
If you want to automate secure backup in a processing rule, the following sample XSL file might help. It uses a SOMA call to kick off the secure backup process.
Modify the following parameters in the XSL file to work with your DataPower appliance:
- certificate to encrypt the secure backup
- username and password to authenticate to DataPower
- SSL client profile to connect to the XML Management Interface
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04 May 2021
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