# N2W User Guide ## N2W User Guide 4.6.0 - [1 Introduction to N2W](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/master.md): Welcome to the N2W Backup & Recovery User Guide. Here you will find all the documentation that you need to make the most of N2W. - [2 Installing and Upgrading N2W](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/2-configuring-n2ws.md) - [3 Start Using N2W](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/3-start-using-n2ws.md): Now you can jump in and start building your backup and recovery services. - [4 Defining Backup Policies](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/4-defining-backup-policies.md): In this section, you will learn how to build the foundations for your backup and recovery management program. - [5 Consistent Backup with N2W](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/5-consistent-backup.md): This section explains a few key concepts to help you use N2W correctly. - [6 Windows Instances Backup](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/6-windows-instances-backup.md): When working with Windows, it is important to understand some of its basic features. - [7 Linux/Unix Instances Backup](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/7-linux-unix-instances-backup.md): When working with Linux/Unix, it is important to understand some of its basic features. - [8 Using Elastic File System (EFS)](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/8-using-elastic-file-system-efs.md): In this section, you will learning about working with Amazon Elastic File System. - [9 Additional Backup Topics](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/9-additional-backup-topics.md): Here we cover some backup topics that haven't been addressed earlier. - [10 Performing Recovery](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/10-performing-recovery.md): Now that you have created some backups, it is time to perform a recovery. - [11 Disaster Recovery](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/11-disaster-recovery.md): In this section, you will learn how to plan and configure your disaster recovery solution. - [12 Cross-Account DR, Backup, and Recovery](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/12-cross-account-dr-backup-and-recovery.md): With cross-account backup and recovery, you can easily copy backups between accounts as part of the disaster recovery process. - [13 File-Level Recovery](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/13-file-level-recovery.md): Here you will learn how to recover specific files and folders rather than an entire volume. - [14 Tag-based Backup Management](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/14-tag-based-backup-management.md): N2W's tag-based backup management allows you to automatically fine-tune functionality. - [15 Resource Control](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/15-resource-control.md): Learn how to control the state of resources for each account during the course of a week or in the future. - [16 Security Concerns and Best Practices](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/16-security-concerns-and-best-practices.md): Understand how to create the optimum security profile for your system. - [17 Alerts, Announcements, Notifications, and Reporting](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/17-alerts-announcements-notifications-and-reporting.md): N2W provides many ways to communicate with you about the status and state of your resources and operations. - [18 N2W User Management](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/18-user-management.md): In this section, you will learn about the different types of users and the variety of user-related reporting from N2W. - [19 N2W IdP Integration](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/19-n2ws-idp-integration.md): Here you will learn about integrating Identity Providers (IdP) with N2W. - [20 Configuring N2W with CloudFormation](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/20-configuring-n2ws-with-cloudformation.md): You can model and manage your infrastructure resources with AWS CloudFormation. - [21 Managing Snapshots with Lifecycle Policies](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/21-managing-snapshots-with-lifecycle-policies.md): Manage the destination and costs associated with backup storage by using Lifecycle Policies. - [22 Configuring Workers](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/22-configuring-workers.md): Learn how to perform operations in non-N2W server regions using temporary worker instances. - [23 Capturing and Cloning in Network Environments with AWS](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/23-capturing-and-cloning-in-vpc-environments.md): In this section, you will learn how to use a Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to launch AWS resources into a logically separate virtual network. - [24 Capturing and Cloning in VNet Environments with Azure](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/23-capturing-and-cloning-in-vpc-environments-1.md) - [25 Orchestrating Recovery Scenarios](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/24-orchestrating-recovery-scenarios.md): Design a procedure to execute multiple recoveries within one recovery session. - [26 Monitoring Costs and Savings](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/25-monitoring-costs-and-savings.md): This section describes how to monitor and manage N2W costs. - [27 Using N2W with Azure](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/26-using-n2ws-with-azure.md): Manage the backup and recovery of your Azure resources. - [28 Using Wasabi Storage](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/28-using-wasabi-storage.md) - [29 Working with Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/29-working-with-elastic-kubernetes-service-eks.md): Back up and restore entire EKS clusters and selected Namespaces. - [Appendix A -Recommended Configuration for Copy to S3](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-a-recommended-configuration-for-copy-to-s3.md): This section describes considerations when configuring Copy to S3 and how to create a VPC S3 endpoint. - [Appendix B - Agents Configuration Format](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-b-agents-configuration-format.md): In this section, you will learn how to configure agents. - [Appendix C - Time Zones](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-c-time-zones.md): Learn how to set the time zone for a server. - [Appendix D - Datadog Integration](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-d-datadog-integration.md): In this section, you will learn how to integrate Datadog with N2W. - [Appendix E - Splunk Integration Support](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-e-splunk-integration-support.md): Learn how to integrate Splunk with N2W. - [Appendix F - Resetting Root Password or MFA](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-f-resetting-root-password-or-mfa.md): Learn how to reset a root password or multi-factor authentication. - [Appendix G - Securing Default Certificates on N2W Server](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-g-securing-default-certificates-on-n2w-server.md) - [Appendix H - Velero Installation Guide](https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/appendix-h-velero-installation-guide.md): Follow this guide to install Velero on an EKS Cluster. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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