Backing up Iguana

Iguana X stores all local component repositories in a single repos directory in your working directory. The repos directory contains individual folders for each component, storing the project files (including custom fields and their default values, sample data, and database files added to your component projects).

You can backup this single directory to backup all components and their associated project files on your instance. This directory can be found in:

<instance directory>/repos/

Due to the way Iguana X leverages git (How does Iguana X use Git?) you can also connect each one of your components to an upstream repository in Bitbucket to backup your components.

The commit you select to run each component on is stored in the run directory. It is recommended to backup this entire directory to save the running commits. If not backed up, during the restore process, all components would be set to run from the DEVELOPMENT commit.

This directory can be found in:

<instance directory>/run/

See Choosing the code to run for your component for context on selecting component commits.

The Configuration Files contain all your unique Iguana instance configurations like your users, notifications, logging rules, web server settings, custom field values etc. It is recommended to backup the entire configuration directory regularly.

This directory can be found in:

<instance directory>/configurations/ 

The Log Directory contains all of your Iguana Service and transaction data flowing through Iguana. It is recommended to backup the entire log directory.

This directory can be found in:

<instance directory>/logt/

If you have configured any custom environment variables, an IguanaEnv.txt file is created and stored in your instance directory.

You can find this file in:

<intance directory>/IguanaEnv.txt

If you have not created any environment variables this txt file will not exist.