Snapshots

A snapshot is a .zip file that contains all relevant data describing the state of a Cloudify Manager the moment the snapshot is created on this Manager. There are four basic operations associated with snapshots: creating, downloading, uploading and restoring. For detailed information about snapshot-related CLI commands, click here.

Common use cases for snapshots are:

In this case, if you have any installed deployments, you also need to execute the install_new_agents workflow on the new Cloudify Manager so that all hosts agents are updated and connected to RabbitMQ on the new Cloudify Manager.

A snapshot can only be successfully restored to a clean Cloudify Manager, meaning newly-created and without blueprints or deployments.
If you attempt to restore a snapshot to a Cloudify Manager that is not clean, the operation may be prevented, and will be unsuccessful.

Using the Web UI

Snapshot management is performed via the System Resources page in the Cloudify Console. You must have admin credentials to create and restore snapshots.