Connecting a Yandex BareMetal server to Yandex Cloud Backup

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. View the description of the CLI command to activate the service:

   yc backup provider activate --help
   

2. Activate the service in the default folder:

   yc backup provider activate --async
   

   Where --async displays the operation progress info. This is an optional parameter.

   Result:

   id: cdgmnefxiatx********
   description: activate provider
   created_at: "2024-10-14T09:03:47.960564Z"
   created_by: ajec1gaqcmtr********
   modified_at: "2024-10-14T09:03:47.960564Z"
   done: true
   metadata:
     '@type': type.googleapis.com/yandex.cloud.backup.v1.ActivateProviderMetadata
     folder_id: b1go3el0d8fs********
   response:
     '@type': type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty
     value: {}
   

After activation, the system automatically creates the following backup policies:

• Default daily: Daily incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.
• Default weekly: Weekly incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.
• Default monthly: Monthly incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.

If you prefer not to create them, use the --skip-default-policy parameter.

To establish a server connection, specify its public IP address which can be found in the management console, in the Public address field under Network settings on the server page.

1. In the terminal, run this command:

   ssh root@<server_public_IP_address>
   

   If this is your first time connecting to the server, you will get an unknown host warning:

   The authenticity of host '51.250.83.243 (51.250.83.243)' can't be established.
   ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:6Mjv93NJDCaf/vu3NYwiLQK4tKI+4cfLtkd********.
   This key is not known by any other names.
   Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])?
   

2. Type yes into the terminal and press Enter.

3. Enter the password you specified when creating the server and press Enter.

To establish a server connection, specify its public IP address which can be found in the management console, in the Public address field under Network settings on the server page.

Make sure the Windows account has read permissions for the directory containing the keys.

1. To connect to the server, run the following command in the command line:

   ssh root@<server_public_IP_address>
   

   If this is your first time connecting to the server, you will get an unknown host warning:

   The authenticity of host '89.169.132.223 (89.169.132.223)' can't be established.
   ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:DfjfFB+in0q0MGi0HnqLNMdHssLfm1yRanB********.
   Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])?
   

2. Type yes into the terminal and press Enter.

3. Enter the password you specified when creating the server and press Enter.

1. View the description of the CLI command to link a BareMetal server to a backup policy:

   yc backup policy apply --help
   

2. Get the ID of the policy to link the server to:

   yc backup policy list
   

   Result:

   +----------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
   |          ID          |      FOLDER ID       |  NAME   | ENABLED |     CREATED AT      |     UPDATED AT      |
   +----------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
   | abc7n3wln123******** | ghi681qpe789******** | policy1 | true    | 2023-07-03 09:12:02 | 2023-07-03 09:12:43 |
   | deflqbiwc456******** | ghi681qpe789******** | policy2 | true    | 2023-07-07 14:58:23 | 2023-07-07 14:58:23 |
   +----------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
   

   Create a new backup policy if you need to.

3. Get the ID of the server to link. To do this, select BareMetal from the list of services of the relevant folder in the management console. The IDs are specified in the server list in the ID field.

4. Link the server to the backup policy by specifying its ID:

   yc backup policy apply <policy_ID> \
     --instance-ids <server_ID>
   

   Where --instance-ids is the ID of the BareMetal server to link to the policy.

For more information about the command, see the CLI reference.

Run this command specifying the backup policy and server IDs:

yc backup policy execute \
  --id <policy_ID> \
  --instance-id <server_ID>

Wait for the operation to complete.

Also, you can run the command in asynchronous mode using the --async parameter and track the backup process using the yc backup resource list-tasks command.

1. Get a list of backups for the server by specifying its ID:

   yc backup backup list \
     --instance-id <server_ID>
   

   Save the backup ID.

2. Restore your server from the backup by specifying their IDs:

   yc backup backup recover \
     --destination-instance-id="<server_ID>" \
     --source-backup-id="<backup_ID>"
   

   The recovery of your BareMetal server will start. Wait for it to complete.

   Also, you can run the command in asynchronous mode using the --async parameter and track the backup process using the yc backup resource list-tasks command.

   For more information about the yc backup backup recover command, see the CLI reference.