# Awx backup  and restoration during failures

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [August 9, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298 "2018-08-09T09:42:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/The_Vandyy_Vines)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298/1 "2018-08-09T09:42:51Z")

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Kindly help

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**Author:** ![anthony.cleaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@anthony.cleaves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anthony.cleaves)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298/2 "2018-08-09T09:44:16Z")

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You’re going to need to put more effort into your help requests. This is far too vague.

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**Author:** ![The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/The_Vandyy_Vines)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298/3 "2018-08-09T09:47:48Z")

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Apologies,Actually i am trying to search a way to restore AWX in case of any failures.

BR//

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Meyers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Christopher\_Meyers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Meyers)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298/4 "2018-08-10T14:26:12Z")

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The docker containers can simply be deleted and recreated. You will need to take care of the data. See our data migration doc.

[https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/DATA\_MIGRATION.md](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/DATA_MIGRATION.md)

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**Author:** ![Michael\_T\_Wiley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Michael\_T\_Wiley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_T_Wiley)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298/5 "2018-08-10T14:30:07Z")

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Would using an external postgres database and dumping/restoring that database be an acceptable substitute that would accomplish basically the same thing? or is there something extra that the tower is doing in the background?

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Meyers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Christopher\_Meyers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Meyers)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298/6 "2018-08-10T14:39:02Z")

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Michael,

That would be fine for backups. It will not be enough for upgrades.

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**Author:** ![The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/The_Vandyy_Vines)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restoration-during-failures/28298/7 "2018-09-27T03:44:33Z")

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Hello ,

Thanks a lot for all suggestions!.  
But actually we have set awx without docker following below:  
[https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/centos-ansible-awx-installation/](https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/centos-ansible-awx-installation/)

So is taking backup of postgreSql enough ? or shall i take ovf of vm ?

BR//  
Vandana