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+BACKUP AND RESTORE SPECS
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+CASES
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+REQUIREMENTS
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+BACKUP 
+- Backup to independent text format using JSON text files like DB DUMP and Discourse does
+- Backup all attached files (encrypt?)
+- Encrypt the backup file archive or each file (need to determine) so that the backup file can't be read independent of RAVEN
+    - Encryption key needs to be user selectable because we don't want any AyaNova user to be able to restore any other AyaNova users db
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+- Optionally automatically send the backups to online destinations such as 
+    - AWS web storage
+    - Dropbox
+    - Mailbox if under certain size
+    - Look into whatever apis are available for other online storage services
+- Download backups
+- Backup during closed window where server is not available for anything but read only operations during backup window
+- User configurable backup time 
+- User configurable encryption key in environment variable? If not set then not encrypted?? 
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+RESTORE
+- Automatically closes api before RESTORE
+- Restore from backup locations can save to? 
+    - Or at least a method to fetch and list those backups to fetch to local?
+- Upload a backup file for restoration
+- Decrypts data during restore process
+    - Must use user provided key and there should be some kind of marker file or something to verify it decrypted properly and is a valid AyaNova backup
+- Restore the attached files (decrypt?)
+- Uses user configurable encryption key
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+ROLES
+- Ops ful, biz full can 
+    - modify backup configuration
+    - Restore 
+    - Backup
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+- OpsLImited and biz limited can 
+    - view the backup and restore configuration 
+    - Backup
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