# Kibana Dashboard & Settings automatic backup/restore

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-settings-automatic-backup-restore/253347>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** slm-snapshot-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [October 26, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-settings-automatic-backup-restore/253347 "2020-10-26T16:35:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rverchere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@rverchere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rverchere)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-settings-automatic-backup-restore/253347/1 "2020-10-26T16:35:57Z")

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Hi,

How can backup my dashboards and other saved objects from Kibana periodically ?  
I can do it manually with "saved objects" menu in "Stack Management", but would like to do it automatically through SLM (I guess with .kibana indices)?

Any idea?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-settings-automatic-backup-restore/253347/2 "2020-10-29T23:20:36Z")

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Currently, the saved object export doesn't include ALL data. However, that is something we are working on.

I would recommend using the [Elasticsearch snapshot/restore](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshot-restore.html) to backup the underlying data indices. Unless you have defined other patterns, it should be anything that matches `.kibana*`. If you are using reporting, it will also include `.reporting-*` indices.

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**Author:** ![rverchere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@rverchere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rverchere)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-settings-automatic-backup-restore/253347/3 "2020-10-30T08:38:08Z")

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Hello @tylersmalley,

thanks for your response. Indeed using snapshots and backup/restoring .kibana\* indices works fine.

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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:** [November 27, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-settings-automatic-backup-restore/253347/4 "2020-11-27T08:38:24Z")

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