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Receiving and Decrypting Cloud Backup Data

If necessary, the Clarity LIMS Support team can provide a backup of your Clarity LIMS data. The data are contained in an encrypted file, which can be downloaded from a secure SFTP server.

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Prerequisites

To receive the backup data file, provide the Clarity LIMS Support team with a GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) public key.

For instructions on generating a GPG public key, see the following documentation:

  • For Microsoft® Windows®, see .

  • For Linux® or Mac®, see .

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Receiving and Decrypting your Backup Data

  1. After the Clarity LIMS Support team has received the GPG public key, they do the following actions:

    • Create a backup file encrypted with the key.

    • Place the backup file on the LIMS SFTP server at sftp.clarity-lims.com.

Provide a username and password so you can access your data. The backups are added to the FTP server weekly.
  • After downloading the backup file, there are several tools available to decrypt the data.

    • For Windows, use the gpg4win tool. For details, see the .

    • For Mac/Linux, use the GPG command on the command line. For details, see .

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