From ac38ed65d178eb0693a4dc5f1b6d1cdbd973bff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Carppe Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 04:13:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] GITBOOK-90: Add clarifying note re what is backed up by Portainer --- admin/settings/README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin/settings/README.md b/admin/settings/README.md index 5b72f9cc..46a19963 100644 --- a/admin/settings/README.md +++ b/admin/settings/README.md @@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ Enabling experimental features on production deployments should be done cautious This setting contains all of the information that Portainer stores on the `/data` volume, archived in a `tar.gz` file, and is optionally encrypted with a password. This archive is all you need to restore Portainer. +{% hint style="warning" %} +This backup is **only** intended to back up the Portainer configuration. It does **not** back up what you have deployed on your environments (for example, containers, stacks, services, volumes, etc). +{% endhint %} + ### Backing up to a local disk Log in as an admin user. From the menu select **Settings**, then scroll down to the **Backup Portainer** section.