Upload a backup

If you are planning to restore a backup that you stored outside of Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, or if you want to promote content from one Collibra environment to another, follow these steps:

1. Open Collibra Console with a user profile that has at least the ADMIN role.
   Collibra Console opens with the Infrastructure page.
2. In the main menu, click Backups.
   The backups page appears.
3. In the upper-right corner, click the Upload backup button.
   The Upload backup dialog box appears.
4. Enter the required information:
   

   Option	Description
   Password protected	The option to choose when the backup was encrypted when downloading it.
   Not password protected	The option to choose when the backup was not encrypted when downloading it.
   Password	The password to unencrypt the backup when uploading it. This option is required when the Password protected option is selected.

5. Do one of the following:
   • Browse to the location of your backup file with a file explorer, grab the backup file with your mouse pointer and drag it to the dotted box in the Upload backup dialog box.
   • Click , browse to the location of your backup file in the window that opens, select the file and click Open.
   Your backup upload starts automatically.

What's next?

You can now restore the backup on your environment.