# Backup and Restore of the overall ECE (configuration)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore-of-the-overall-ece-configuration/314901>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore-of-the-overall-ece-configuration/314901 "2022-09-21T21:11:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![stobbe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@stobbe99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stobbe99)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore-of-the-overall-ece-configuration/314901/1 "2022-09-21T21:11:17Z")

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Hello,

Not found in the documentation, how to backup/restore the ECE environment. (think moving or migrating the full or part of an ECE)

KR Henk

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**Author:** ![joao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao/32/83447_2.png) [@joao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joao)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore-of-the-overall-ece-configuration/314901/2 "2022-09-22T01:33:47Z")

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Hello,

If I understand correctly, you want to migrate Nodes, I think.  
I recommend reading this documentation: [Move nodes or instances from allocators | Elastic Cloud Enterprise Reference [3.2] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/3.2/ece-move-nodes.html)

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**Author:** ![Henk\_Stobbe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/henk_stobbe/32/88015_2.png) [@Henk\_Stobbe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Henk_Stobbe)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore-of-the-overall-ece-configuration/314901/3 "2022-09-22T09:44:16Z")

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Hello Joao,

Thank for your reply, but I was more thinking about the ECE config itself. Basically the description of all running elastic clusters (the meta data), I was thinking using the API to extract this info or maybe saving the Docker yaml's ?

May be in other words what do you need to copy a elastic cluster from one ECE to another?

Any thoughts?

KR Henk

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**Author:** ![joao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao/32/83447_2.png) [@joao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joao)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore-of-the-overall-ece-configuration/314901/4 "2022-09-22T10:46:08Z")

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Is machine cloning an option for you? Because the structure of Docker it's complex, but I never did it to say if is possible or not.

When I need to clone ECE to create a homol environment, I clone the machine.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore-of-the-overall-ece-configuration/314901/5 "2022-10-06T10:46:21Z")

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