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Backups

We recommend you safeguard your VPN server and client configurations with backups.

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Access Server saves all of your network specifications in configuration files. By default, these files are saved in an SQLite3 database on the same server. Optionally, Access Server can store configuration files on a separate database server.

These tutorials provide you with steps on making backups, recovering backup files, and moving from the SQLite3 database to a database server:

Tip

We recommend creating regular backups and automating the task, such as using a corn job to manage backup tasks unattended.

Creating a backup VPN tunnel

This topic specifically addresses making configuration backups to protect your Access Server setup.

If you need help creating a backup VPN tunnel, refer to the high-availability topic. Access Server supports running a cluster of servers or creating a failover setup. Either provides a backup VPN solution, ensuring clients maintain a connection if a server fails.

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