Automation Suite Azure NFS Mount Point For Backups

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How to setup NFS for Automation Suite Backups using Azure File services?

How to setup NFS for Automation Suite Backups using Azure File services?

  1. Setup Azure Store Account - Create a FileStorage storage account
  2. Setup Azure File Share - Add a file share to your storage account
  3. Setup Private Endpoint, Private DNS Zone - Set up a private endpoint, Disable secure transfer - Disable secure transfer.
  4. Make note of FQDN and mount point - Mount the NFS share.
    • FQDN and mount point are combined. i.e. as00store.file.core.windows.net:/as00store/backup (FDQN:/Mount Point)
  5. Apply FQDN and mount to backup script (online) or to backup.json (offline/Manual).

Offline / Manual:

[root@AS01 installer]# vi backup.json

{

"backup": {

"etcdBackupPath": "any-name",

"nfs": {

"endpoint": "as00store.file.core.windows.net",

"mountpath": "/as00store/backup"

}

},

"backup_interval": "15"

}

Online:

sudo ./uipathctl.sh configure-backup --install-type online --backup-endpoint "as00store.file.core.windows.net" --backup-mount "/as00store/backup" --backup-name "any-name" --accept-license-agreement