[Freeipa-users] How is/to get IPA backed up?

[Rob Crittenden]

Steven Jones wrote:
> But how is a backup guaranteed to be consistant?
>
> With the FDS I played with some years back I could dump  out the db into a flat file which could then be backup...

It depends on what this backup is for. If it is for catastrophic 
recovery then backing up the entire system is recommended. Having just 
the LDAP data isn't enough to completely restore.

If you want it as a snapshot in time then the LDAP data is probably 
sufficient.

rob