The Fedora4 Backup and Restore capability allows a user, such as the repository manager, make a REST call to have the repository binaries and metadata exported to the local file system. Inversely, the Restore capability to make a REST call to have the repository restored from the contents of a previous Backup.
Further description can be found in ModeShape's documentation.
Perform a backup of a running Fedora4 respository
POST /rest/fcr:backup > optional POST body |
Optionally, a POST body containing the full path of a writable directory local to the Fedora4 server may be provided. If no POST body is included, the backup will be written to the system temp directory.
On success
Absolute path of local backup directory |
POST /rest/fcr:restore > with POST body |
A POST body containing the full path to a previous backup.
On success