Backup - Restore

Hi all,

I am using Vault HA with raft. The use case I am trying to accomplice is:
ClusterA is operational, and makes daily backups with vault operator snapshot save. ClusterA dies and I recreate ClusterB. How do I restore the data from ClusterA into ClusterB giving the backup is encrypted with the keys from ClusterA?

Regards, Daniel

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Hi Daniel -
You’d make a new Vault instance, clusterB, init and unseal and login to that… Then, restore the snapshot from clusterA using the -force flag, then unseal and login with the clusterA unseal key(s) and token.
I put a pseudo-sample-sh of this here: https://gist.github.com/mikegreen/7561191dffc449cce225faeca8a35cc8
It isn’t meant to run entirely, but follow along to prove you can snapshot and use that backup :slight_smile:

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Hi Mike,

Thanks a lot! Really helpt me out.

Daniel