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    installation_instructions
    upgrading
    testing_instructions
+   troubleshooting
+   maintenance
    design
    reference
-   troubleshooting
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+# Maintaining an Openappstack cluster
+
+## Backup
+
+Please take care to backup the following locations:
+
+### On your provisioning machine
+
+* Your cluster config directory, located in the top-level sub-directory
+  `clusters` in your clone of the openappstack git repository.
+  Here you can find all the files generated during the `create` and `install`
+  commands of the CLI, together with the generated secrets that are stored during
+  installation.
+
+### On your cluster
+
+* The local storage directories under `/var/lib/OpenAppStack/local-storage`.
+  This is the place all persistant volumes are stored.
+  Some are more important than others, if you want to hand-pick what volumes
+  to backup, use `kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces` to see which volumes are
+  used by what application. The prometheus and alertmanager volume contain
+  metrics, so you could choose to not back those up to save space.
+* The [rke](https://rancher.com/docs/rke/latest/en/) directory `/var/lib/OpenAppStack/rke`
+  where the `rke` config and state file of your cluster is stored.
+* At this moment, [recurring, automated etcd snapshots are not configured](https://open.greenhost.net/openappstack/openappstack/issues/453).
+  Please refer to the [rke etc snapshot
+  documentation](https://rancher.com/docs/rke/latest/en/etcd-snapshots/) if you
+  like to backup [etcd](https://etcd.io/).
+
+If you don't care about your backup disk usage too much, the easiest way is to
+backup the whole `/var/lib/OpenAppStack/` directory.
+
+## Restore
+
+Restore instructions will follow, please [reach out to us](https://openappstack.net/contact.html)
+if you need assistance.