# Where do I look for backup files?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-i-look-for-backup-files/37882>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** kubernetes, awx\
**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-i-look-for-backup-files/37882 "2023-04-13T17:38:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![russell.cecala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/russell.cecala/32/1028_2.png) [@russell.cecala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/russell.cecala)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-i-look-for-backup-files/37882/1 "2023-04-13T17:38:19Z")

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I am wondering if there is a problem with my backup of my AWX server. As per the README file I created this file:  
BP22006:BACKUP\_RESTORE red.crik$ cat backup-awx.yml — apiVersion: [awx.ansible.com/v1beta1](http://awx.ansible.com/v1beta1) kind: AWXBackup metadata: name: awxbackup-2023-04-13 namespace: awx spec: deployment\_name: awx-backup-rbc  
And then executed:  
BP22006:BACKUP\_RESTORE red.crik$ kubectl apply -f backup-awx.yml [awxbackup.awx.ansible.com/awxbackup-2023-04-13](http://awxbackup.awx.ansible.com/awxbackup-2023-04-13) created  
According to the README file the above command created a “backup object in your cluster” and “The resulting pvc will contain a backup tar that can be used to restore to a new deployment. Future backups will also be stored in separate tars on the same pvc.” So I go to my k8 dashboard and I see this new PVC: kubectl describe pvc awx-backup-rbc-backup-claim Name: awx-backup-rbc-backup-claim Namespace: awx StorageClass: local-path Status: Bound Volume: pvc-1be2ff00-767f-4151-afbb-8047f934a221 Labels: [app.kubernetes.io/component=awx](http://app.kubernetes.io/component=awx) [app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=awx-operator](http://app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=awx-operator) [app.kubernetes.io/name=awxbackup-2023-04-13](http://app.kubernetes.io/name=awxbackup-2023-04-13) [app.kubernetes.io/operator-version=1.1.0](http://app.kubernetes.io/operator-version=1.1.0) [app.kubernetes.io/part-of=awxbackup-2023-04-13](http://app.kubernetes.io/part-of=awxbackup-2023-04-13) Annotations: [pv.kubernetes.io/bind-completed](http://pv.kubernetes.io/bind-completed): yes [pv.kubernetes.io/bound-by-controller](http://pv.kubernetes.io/bound-by-controller): yes [volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner](http://volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner): [rancher.io/local-path](http://rancher.io/local-path) [volume.kubernetes.io/selected-node](http://volume.kubernetes.io/selected-node): rocky-k3-2 [volume.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner](http://volume.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner): [rancher.io/local-path](http://rancher.io/local-path) Finalizers: [[kubernetes.io/pvc-protection](http://kubernetes.io/pvc-protection)] Capacity: 5Gi Access Modes: RWO VolumeMode: Filesystem Used By: Events: So I logon to rocky-k3-2, the node that PVC is on, like this:

$ ssh rocky-k3-2 -l rocky  
[rocky@rocky-k3-2 ~]$ cd /var/lib/rancher/k3s/storage/  
[rocky@rocky-k3-2 storage]$ sudo ls -l  
total 0  
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 18 Dec 15 10:53 pvc-0c3eff85-7329-4fde-a00b-e327129046fd\_awx\_postgres-13-awx-demo-postgres-13-0  
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 6 Apr 13 08:11 pvc-1be2ff00-767f-4151-afbb-8047f934a221\_awx\_awx-backup-rbc-backup-claim  
[rocky@rocky-k3-2 storage]$ sudo ls -laR pvc-1be2ff00-767f-4151-afbb-8047f934a221\_awx\_awx-backup-rbc-backup-claim  
pvc-1be2ff00-767f-4151-afbb-8047f934a221\_awx\_awx-backup-rbc-backup-claim:  
total 0  
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 6 Apr 13 08:11 .  
drwx-----x 4 root root 173 Apr 13 08:11 …  
[rocky@rocky-k3-2 storage]$  
So why are there any files there? I don’t trust this back up I made.

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**Author:** ![russell.cecala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/russell.cecala/32/1028_2.png) [@russell.cecala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/russell.cecala)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-i-look-for-backup-files/37882/2 "2023-04-14T16:12:02Z")

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I see what I did wrong now. I miss understood what to use for the deployment\_name. I the problem is that I used “deployment\_name: awx-backup-rbc” thinking that would make a backup called “awx-backup-rbc” that I would “back up from”. But what I should have used was the name of my awx kubernets deployment with is ‘awx-demo’. Then the backup produceded the expected files on the rocky-k3-2 node.